The Tabb surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,312 people carried this name — #7,698 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 68,500 people counted. That is up 2% from 4,215 in 2000.

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In print

Tabb in American newspapers,
1906–1915.

Newspaper page from The Pacific Commercial Advertiser carrying the name Tabb
The Pacific Commercial Advertiser 1906-06-17
Newspaper page from The Montgomery Advertiser carrying the name Tabb
The Montgomery Advertiser 1909-01-24
Newspaper page from The Hummer carrying the name Tabb
The Hummer 1915-04-30

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Tabb in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1970s.

803 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Tabb. The most, 180, date from the 1950s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 3.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 534
New South Wales 106
Queensland 87
South Australia 39
Tasmania 21
Western Australia 11
ACT (Canberra) 2

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

Who carried it

People named Tabb,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John B. Tabb
    John B. Tabb 1845–1909 · writer
  • Philip Tabb 1750–1822
  • Robert B. Tabb 1833–1906 · politician
  • R. V. Tabb 1877–1961 · composer
  • Bobby Eber 1902–1951 · professional boxer
  • Bruce Tabb 1927–2022

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Tabb,
in the records of 6 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 States283 records

283 records of the Tabb name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 132
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 58
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 56
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 13
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 11
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 7
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John H. Tabb

    Born 1926 in Virginia. Enlisted 1945 at Whitefish, Montana; hatchery worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1991, buried at Garrison Forest Veterans Cemetery, Owings Mills, Maryland.

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

    Arrived at New York in 1885 aboard the City of Rome from Liverpool, aged 32; servant. From Wocester, England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Phil Tabb

    Born 1934; from Colquitt, Georgia. U.S. Army, parachutist; died of wounds 1966 in South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 283 records for Tabb 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) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia59 records

59 records of the Tabb name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 31
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 16
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 12
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John E. Tabb

    Arrived in Queensland in 1907 aboard the Miltiades, aged 24.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record John H. Tabb

    Bricklayer of Abbotsford, Victoria; died 1926.

    Public Record Office Victoria (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 John Tabb

    Arrived in Victoria in 1906 aboard the Oruba, aged 27.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 59 records for Tabb in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada26 records

26 records of the Tabb name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 24
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. 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 Harold Coleman Tabb

    Served in the No. 2 Construction Battalion in the First World War, private; of Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. 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 Percy Frank Beckett Tabb

    Died in service in 1901.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Marion Genevieve Tabb

    Died 1939 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 26 records for Tabb 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. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

New Zealand2 records

2 records of the Tabb name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Maxwell Wheatcroft Tabb

    Died 1973, aged 72; buried at Waimairi 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 Hanah Mildred Tabb

    Died 1989, aged 86; buried at Waimairi Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Christchurch City 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).

United Kingdom2 records

2 records of the Tabb name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record A. R. Tabb

    Dragoon Guards. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record F. Tabb

    Machine Gun Corps. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

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

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Tabb name in the Netherlands Dutch population registers
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Gwendoline Myrthe Tabb

    In the population register of 's-Gravenhage; born 1894 in Cornwall.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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