The Hubbard surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 70,362 people carried this name — #470 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 4,190 people counted. That is up 3% from 68,021 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Hubbard surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Hubert’.

An early record he cites: Petrus Hubard, 1379 — Poll Tax, West Riding of Yorkshire.

His entry covers Hubert, Hubbard, Hubbert, Hubberd and Hobart.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 404 · public domain.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 33 people named Hubbard.

Most of them — 24 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Paris.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 24
Paris 3
Aisne 1
Aube 1
Nord 1
Seine-Maritime 1
Somme 1
New Caledonia 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In the Nordic population registers

26 people named Hubbard is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 26

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).

Among the farmers of England and Wales, 1880s

Hubbard was found among the farmers of 3 counties.

It was most frequent in Norfolk: 36 in every 10,000 farmers there — about 1 in 278. Guppy counted the farmers listed in each county’s directory and recorded a name only where it reached about 7 in every 10,000; where it does not appear, it was rarer than that, not absent.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Per 10,000 farmers, by county

Norfolk 36
Leicestershire and Rutland 30
Suffolk 18

H. B. Guppy, «Homes of Family Names in Great Britain» (London, 1890), alphabetical list of English and Welsh names — public domain · farmers in Kelly’s Post Office Directories of the 1880s, per 10,000 farmers in each county.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

410 families named Hubbard, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 2,386 people lived in those households, 5.8 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 10 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Connecticut 125
Massachusetts 89
Virginia 33
New York 32
New Hampshire 31
Maine 29
Vermont 22
Maryland 18
North Carolina 16
South Carolina 8
Pennsylvania 4
Rhode Island 3

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 246 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Hubbard in American newspapers,
1915–1924.

Newspaper page from Evening Times-republican carrying the name Hubbard
Evening Times-republican 1915-04-20
Newspaper page from Evening Times-republican carrying the name Hubbard
Evening Times-republican 1915-04-22
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Hubbard
Evening Star 1924-09-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 510,684 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Hubbard in Australian newspapers,
1810s–2010s.

28,000 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hubbard. The most, 3,986, date from the 1930s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Tasmania, at 1.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 10,832
Victoria 5,428
Queensland 4,441
South Australia 2,448
Tasmania 2,423
Western Australia 2,130
ACT (Canberra) 200
Northern Territory 36

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hubbard.

Who carried it

People named Hubbard,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Wilfranc Hubbard d. 1938 · journalist
  • Betty Hubbard d. 2022 · leader
  • Eveline Maude Portal d. 1945
  • Marion Hubbard d. 1922
  • Haynes Hubbard d. 1963
  • Fanny Hubbard d. 1968

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hubbard,
in the records of 7 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States5,182 records

5,182 records of the Hubbard name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 2,207
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 1,064
  • Other U.S. records 1,911
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Thomas Hubbard

    Born 1949; from New York, New York. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1967 in Binh Duong, South Vietnam. Buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Melvin T. Hubbard

    Born 1914 in Alabama. Enlisted 1944 at Fort McPherson Atlanta, Georgia; farm hand. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1946, buried at Mount Tabor Cemetery, Florence, Alabama.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Louise Hubbard

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Adriatic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 20; servant. From Liverpool, England; bound for Chicago.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 5,182 records for Hubbard in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · New York State, Open NY (police and firefighter memorial rolls). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia937 records

937 records of the Hubbard name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 394
  • Tasmanian Names Index 217
  • Other Australian records 326
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record William Hubbard

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Arab, sailing from England in 1822. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1837.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Benjamin Hubbard

    Died 1873 in New Norfolk, Tasmania, aged 72. Will registered in Tasmania in 1873.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record William Hubbard

    Arrived in Victoria in 1857 aboard the Sabrina, aged 1; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 937 records for Hubbard in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0) · ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0) · City of Ballarat, Avenue of Honour Plaques (CC BY 3.0 AU) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada522 records

522 records of the Hubbard name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 458
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 23
  • Other Canadian records 41
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Mary Hubbard

    Buried in 1995 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 78.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Elizabeth Mary Hubbard

    Died 1955 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Ernest Edwin Hubbard

    Died in service in 1920.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 522 records for Hubbard in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

United Kingdom56 records

56 records of the Hubbard name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 46
  • St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853 6
  • Other British records 4
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Eliza Hubbard

    Buried in 1969 at Callander Cemetery, Stirling, Scotland, aged 80.

    Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Henry Hubbard

    Buried in 1847 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 64.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record H. Hubbard

    Leicestershire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1919.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 56 records for Hubbard in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · National Library of Scotland, Rolls of Honour (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

New Zealand30 records

30 records of the Hubbard name in New Zealand
  • Christchurch City cemetery records 26
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 2
  • Waimakariri District cemetery records, Canterbury 2
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Aileen Mary Hubbard

    Died 2000, aged 76; buried at Avonhead Memorial Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Lucy Hubbard

    Died 1966; buried at Rangiora Lawn Cemetery, Canterbury.

    Waimakariri District Council (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record C. Hubbard

    New Zealand Infantry. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 30 records for Hubbard in New Zealand.

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · Waimakariri District Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0).

France7 records

7 records of the Hubbard name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Thomas Francis Hubbard

    Born 1925 in Dieppe (Seine-Maritime); died 1998 in the United Kingdom.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Catherine Helene Hubbard

    Born 1898 in Paris; died 1984 in the United Kingdom.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Hugh Warren Hubbard

    Born 1911 in Great Britain; died 1999 in Alix (Rhône).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 7 records for Hubbard in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Netherlands7 records

7 records of the Hubbard name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 5
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 2
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record André Hubbard

    Married in 1929 in Amsterdam; engineer.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Harriët Elizabeth Hubbard

    Died 1959 in Hengelo, aged 87.

    Open Archives, Collectie Overijssel locatie Zwolle (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 7 records for Hubbard in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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