Explore the Family Name Jabs

The meaning of Jabs

North German: patronymic from a Frisian pet form of an ancient Germanic personal name formed with theud ‘people, race’, or from Gabo, a short form of Gebhardt or some other ancient Germanic name having geb ‘gift’ as its first element. Some characteristic forenames: German Armin, Bernhard, Dietmar, Elke, Ewald.

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How common is the last name Jabs in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Jabs saw a slight decline in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In terms of ranking, it shifted down from the 37,881st spot to the 38,850th, a change of -2.56%. The count of people carrying this name, however, increased by 3.09% from 551 to 568. This resulted in a decrease in the proportion per 100k, which dropped by -5.0%, indicating that while more individuals bore the surname, its prevalence compared to other surnames slightly diminished.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#37,881	#38,850	-2.56%
Count	551	568	3.09%
Proportion per 100k	0.2	0.19	-5%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Jabs

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Jabs saw several changes from 2000 to 2010, as per the data from the Decennial U.S. Census. The most prominent group remained those of White ethnicity, though it experienced a minor decrease from 97.82% to 97.01%. A new addition was noted in the categories of Asian/Pacific Islander and Hispanic ethnicities, each registering 0.88% and 1.41% respectively in 2010, which weren't present in the 2000 data. The category of Two or more races, which had a 1.27% representation in 2000, was no longer visible in 2010. There were no records for Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnic identities for either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.82%	97.01%	-0.83%
Hispanic	0%	1.41%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.88%	0%
Two or More Races	1.27%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%