Gibbens is used as a family name or surname in Ireland. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Gibbens
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Ireland
Meaning:

Gibbens is form of Gibbings. See Gilbert - A personal name, largely introduced at the Norman Conquest, in the form of Gislebertus. It is not only a very common surname, but has given birth to Gibb, Gibbs, Gybbes, Gibbard, Gibbings, Gibbonson, Gibson, Gill, Gilks, Gilpin, and many others.

The lastname is the variant form of Fitzgibbons. The son of Gibbon or little Gib, a pet form of Gilbert meaning "pledge, bright".

Family name Gibbens is form of the Gibbons. Descendant of little Gib, a pet form of Gilbert meaning "pledge, bright".

The surname is a variant of Givens. Descendant of little Gib, a pet form of Gilbert meaning "pledge, bright".

See Gilbert - A personal name, largely introduced at the Norman Conquest, in the form of Gislebertus. It is not only a very common surname, but has given birth to Gibb, Gibbs, Gybbes, Gibbard, Gibbings, Gibbonson, Gibson, Gill, Gilks, Gilpin, and many others.

How popular is Gibbens?

Gibbens is common in United States, England, Australia, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand.

Gibbens is ranked 111282 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Gibbens bearers increased by 6.95 per cent in 2010 US census to 1938 since 2000, the surname slipped by 235 spots and ranked at 15201. The last name was found in around 7 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.64 94.37
Hispanic or Latino 3.56 2.1
Black 2.27 1.43
Others 1.29 0.83
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.67 0.28
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.57 0.99
Gibbens is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Cook Islands. Around 4173 people have been found who wears Gibbens as their family name. Gibbens is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Gibbens:
15,111 United States2,476
Countries with hundreds of Gibbens:
8,999 England687
9,013 Australia350
15,553 Canada241
28,973 South Africa180
6,115 New Zealand127
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
6,963 Wales37
30,806 Mexico22
12,577 Scotland21
223,026 Germany12

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Jno. Gibbens worked as child and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 2 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Arrick and arrived on March 7, 1849. 18 years old Anna Gibbens, M. Gibbens (25) Mechanic, 29 years old Daniel Gibbens, are others that migrated to US.

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