The Gibbs surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 65,064 people carried this name — #515 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 4,530 people counted. That is up 4% from 62,514 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Gibbs surname
An English patronymic surname from Gibb (Gilbert).
From Gibb + -s.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gibbs» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 150 people named Gibbs live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Mendoza.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 65 people named Gibbs.
Most of them — 48 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Guadeloupe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
36 people named Gibbs live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
95 people named Gibbs are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Gibbs in American newspapers,
1878–1911.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 346,421 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Gibbs,
with a public archive behind them.
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James Gibbs 1683–1754 · architect -
Joseph Gibbs 1698–1788 · composer -
George Gibbs 1776–1833 · mineralogist -
William C. Gibbs 1789–1871 · politician -
Josiah Willard Gibbs, Sr. 1790–1861 · theologian
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 231 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gibbs.
- Gianotti 469 · U.S. census
- Giard 639 · U.S. census
- Giardina 3,565 · U.S. census
- Giardini 321 · U.S. census
- Giardino 723 · U.S. census
- Giarratano 700 · U.S. census
- Gibeau 516 · U.S. census
- Gibel 235 · U.S. census
- Gibert 541 · U.S. census
- Giberti 161 · U.S. census
- Giblin 2,794 · U.S. census
- Gibson 190,667 · U.S. census
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