The McKibben surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,958 people carried this name — #6,801 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 59,500 people counted. That is up 7% from 4,631 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the McKibben surname

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Fhibín (“son of Fibín”), a pet form of Philip. Also an Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Giobúin; compare McGibbon.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «McKibben» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

McKibben in American newspapers,
1898–1899.

Newspaper page from The Telegraph-courier carrying the name McKibben
The Telegraph-courier 1899-12-21
Newspaper page from Savannah Courier carrying the name McKibben
Savannah Courier 1898-07-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 18,591 pages in all carry the name.

In print

McKibben in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1970s.

454 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McKibben. The most, 161, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Tasmania, at 10.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Tasmania 261
New South Wales 96
Victoria 46
South Australia 22
Queensland 15
ACT (Canberra) 3
Western Australia 3

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

Who carried it

People named McKibben,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ray McKibben
    Ray McKibben 1945–1968 · military personnel
  • Larry McKibben 1947–2025 · politician
  • Sherry McKibben 1944–2014
  • Joseph McKibben 1921–2001 · nuclear physicist
  • Paul S. McKibben 1886–1941 · dean
  • Walt McKibben 1929–2013 · athletics competitor

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0.

In the public record

People named McKibben,
in the records of 3 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 States341 records

341 records of the McKibben name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 171
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 61
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 59
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 15
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 10
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 10
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 9
  • Sacramento County historic burials 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Earl L. McKibben

    Born 1915 in Missouri. Enlisted 1943 at Los Angeles, California; electrician. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1990, buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Ray McKibben

    Born 1945; from Cedartown, Georgia. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Binh Thuan, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Robert McKibben

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Ethiopia from Glasgow, aged 20; farmer. From Lisburne, Ireland; bound for Kansas.

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

Showing 3 of 341 records for McKibben in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · 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, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia72 records

72 records of the McKibben name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 44
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 19
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 6
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 3
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Matthew McKibben

    Gold miner of Richmond, Victoria; died 1859.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Agnes McKibben

    Arrived in Victoria in 1854 as an assisted immigrant aboard the Persian, aged 20.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record John McKibben

    Seaman aboard the Peebleshire, Queensland in 1887.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 72 records for McKibben in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: 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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada7 records

7 records of the McKibben name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 5
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record James McKibben

    Buried in 1962 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Susannah McKibben

    Died 1936; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  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 Robert Roy McKibben

    Died in service in 1917.

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

Showing 3 of 7 records for McKibben in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

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