Popularity of the last name by country
Germany
- Baden-Württemberg (343)
- Niedersachsen (149)
- Berlin (135)
- Brandenburg (134)
- Nordrhein-Westfalen (96)
- Bayern (56)
- Hessen (37)
- Sachsen (26)
- Bremen (23)
- Hamburg (22)
- Thuringen (12)
- Mecklenburg Vorpommern (7)
- Rheinland Pfalz (7)
- Sachsen Anhalt (4)
- Schleswig Holstein (2)
All countries
- United Kingdom (417,877)
- United States (207,649)
- Ireland (30,553)
- Australia (20,816)
- New Zealand (16,938)
- Canada (9,073)
- France (5,940)
- Unknown country (3,209)
- Belgium (1,423)
- Netherlands (1,382)
- Germany (1,189)
- Switzerland (1,113)
- Sweden (819)
- Italy (755)
- Peru (381)
- India (318)
- South Africa (279)
- Argentina (277)
- French Polynesia (253)
- Poland (217)
- Spain (203)
- Indonesia (190)
- Russian Federation (186)
- Mexico (179)
- Colombia (175)
- Egypt (160)
- China (149)
- Denmark (124)
- Barbados (116)
- Brazil (115)
- Greece (101)
- Sri Lanka (91)
- Turkey (89)
- Austria (86)
- Cuba (81)
- Trinidad and Tobago (77)
- Norway (71)
- Paraguay (70)
- Jamaica (68)
- Romania (68)
Origine of last name
GIBSON : English: from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Gibb">Gibb</a> (a pet form of Gilbert) + son hence ‘son of Gibb’. The name is very common in Ireland having arrived in that country in the 17th century. It is also occasionally adopted for Ó Gibealláin see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Giblin">Giblin</a>. This surname is also common among African Americans.
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