Tubb Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

Seen on a birth certificate or a ship's manifest, Tubb is usually a form of Tubbs.

What does the surname Tubb mean?

The name is usually explained as “Son of Tubb (Theobald)”. According to the 2010 US Census, the Tubb surname had 1,384 bearers.

Is Tubb the same name as Tubbs?

Tubb drops the “s” of Tubbs, a shortening that clerks often made. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.

Does every Tubb family have a crest?

Arms linked to Tubbs and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Get the complete Tubb report, with a museum-style coat of arms.