Stibbe is a German surname. It is a habitational surname named for a settlement in West Prussia.[1][2] In the Netherlands, there were 128 people with the surname Stibbe as of 2007, up from 116 in 1947.[3] The 2010 United States census found 255 people with the surname Stibbe, ranking it the 75,564th-most-common surname in the country. This represented a decrease from 262 people (69,854th-most-common) in the 2000 census. In both censuses, more than 95% of the bearers of the surname identified as non-Hispanic white.[4]
People with the surname
edit- Eddy Stibbe (born 1948), Dutch-born equestrian
- Eytan Stibbe (born 1958), Israeli astronaut
- Jacques Stibbe (1920–1999), Belgian philatelist
- Matthew Stibbe (fl. 1980s), video game developer, founder of Intelligent Games
- Max Stibbe (1898–1973), Dutch anthroposophist and educationist
- Nina Stibbe (born 1962), British writer
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Hanks, Patrick (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. Vol. 3. Oxford University Press. p. 410. ISBN 0199771693.
- ^ Menk, Lars (2005). A Dictionary of German-Jewish Surnames. Avotaynu. ISBN 1886223203.
- ^ "Hom". Nederlandse Familienamenbank. Centrum voor familiegeschiedenis. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ^ "How common is your last name?". Newsday. Retrieved 29 April 2022.