Last Name TUBBS

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Meaning	The son of Theobald. Tubby is the pet form. Bubbs is the genitive or patronymic form.

Origin	English, Irish

Rank	2,709 (2000 US census)	2,715 (1990 US census)

Count	12,191 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

73.32%, or 8938 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
22.04%, or 2687 total occurrences, as black,
0.48%, or 59 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1.03%, or 126 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.87%, or 228 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.26%, or 154 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

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