The Tubbs surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 12,828 people carried this name — #2,810 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 23,000 people counted. That is up 5% from 12,191 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Tubbs surname

Patronymic surname from the personal name Tubbe.

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

As an English and Welsh surname

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

An early record he cites: Thomas Tubb’, 1379 — Poll Tax, West Riding of Yorkshire.

His entry covers Tubb, Tubbs and Tubby.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 767 · public domain.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

65 families named Tubbs, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 376 people lived in those households, 5.8 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 2 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

New York 16
Massachusetts 14
Connecticut 14
South Carolina 7
Vermont 5
Pennsylvania 4
Maryland 3
New Hampshire 1
Rhode Island 1

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. 266 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Tubbs in American newspapers,
1921–1922.

Newspaper page from The Carlisle Independent carrying the name Tubbs
The Carlisle Independent 1921-10-20
Newspaper page from The St. Johns Herald carrying the name Tubbs
The St. Johns Herald 1922-05-18
Newspaper page from The St. Johns Herald carrying the name Tubbs
The St. Johns Herald 1922-05-11

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

In print

Tubbs in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1980s.

3,137 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Tubbs. The most, 575, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 1.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 931
Victoria 914
New South Wales 738
Western Australia 207
South Australia 174
Tasmania 154
ACT (Canberra) 16
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Tubbs,
with a public archive behind them.

  • James Tubbs
    James Tubbs 1835–1921 · musical instrument maker
  • Percy Burnell Tubbs
    Percy Burnell Tubbs 1868–1933 · architect
  • Cyril Tubbs d. 1927 · architect
  • Percy B Tubbs d. 1933 · architect
  • Evelyn Sherbrooke Crane d. 1984
  • Hiram C. Tubbs 1824–1897

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 Tubbs,
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 States757 records

757 records of the Tubbs name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 384
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 144
  • Other U.S. records 229
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Edwin Franklin Tubbs

    Born 1949; from Coudersport, Pennsylvania. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Dinh Tuong, South Vietnam. Buried at Woodlawn 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 Orville A. Tubbs

    Born 1923 in Oklahoma. Enlisted 1943 at Tulsa; farm hand from Latimer County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Center Point Cemetery, Wilburton, Oklahoma.

    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 John W. Tubbs

    Arrived at New York in 1884 aboard the Queen from London and Plymouth, aged 19; dyer. From London, England; bound for New York.

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

Showing 3 of 757 records for Tubbs in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · 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) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). 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).

Australia121 records

121 records of the Tubbs name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 50
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 34
  • Other Australian records 37
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record William Tubbs

    Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1855. Married 1855 in Richmond, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. 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 Charles Tubbs

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Hooghley, arriving 1834; ticket of leave 1841.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Thomas Tubbs

    Arrived in Queensland in 1923 aboard the Hobsons Bay, aged 15.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 121 records for Tubbs in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

United Kingdom17 records

17 records of the Tubbs name in the United Kingdom
  • St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853 9
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 8
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Thomas Tubbs

    Buried in 1823 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 35.

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

    Manchester Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Ann Tubbs

    Buried in 1826 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 21.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Showing 3 of 17 records for Tubbs in the United Kingdom.

Counts: MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (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).

Canada7 records

7 records of the Tubbs name in Canada
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 5
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Frederick Decater Tubbs

    Died 1930; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record C. E. Tubbs

    Came to Ontario in 1876 aboard the Russian, landing at N. Y., bound for Palmerston, Ontario; English.

    Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Grover E. Tubbs

    Buried in 1939 at Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.

Showing 3 of 7 records for Tubbs in Canada.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

New Zealand2 records

2 records of the Tubbs 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 Emily Tubbs

    Died 1902, aged 71; buried at Lyttelton Anglican 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 Frederick William Tubbs

    Died 1884, aged 20; buried at Lyttelton Anglican 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).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Tubbs name in the Netherlands Dutch church registers before 1811
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Jurijen Tubbs

    Married in 1628 in Groningen.

    Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0)

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).

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