Find out how popular the last name Cubie is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Cubie.

Cubie, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Cubie surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Cubie in America

Cubie is the 140157th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Cubie surname appeared 119 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Cubie.

We can also compare 2010 data for Cubie to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Cubie

The surname Cubie is of Scottish origin, deriving from the Gaelic word "cuib" which means "a bending" or "a curve". It is believed to have originated in the 12th century, referring to individuals who lived near a bend in a river or other geographical feature.

The earliest recorded instances of the name can be traced back to the Shetland Islands of Scotland, where it was spelled as "Cubbie" or "Cubey". Some of the earliest known bearers of this surname were Willelmus Cubby, who was listed in the Court Books of Orkney and Shetland in 1498, and Jacobus Cubey, who was mentioned in the same records in 1512.

In the 16th century, the name Cubie started to appear in various Scottish records, such as the Exchequer Rolls of Scotland, where a certain John Cubie was recorded as a tenant in Linlithgowshire in 1538.

One of the earliest notable individuals with the surname Cubie was Sir William Cubie (1572-1647), a Scottish landowner and member of the Parliament of Scotland. He was a staunch supporter of the Covenanters during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.

Another prominent figure was Robert Cubie (1685-1765), a Scottish minister and author who served as the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1747.

In the 18th century, the name Cubie was found in various parts of Scotland, including Lanarkshire, where a family by the name of Cubie owned lands near the village of Carnwath.

One of the most well-known bearers of the Cubie surname was William Cubie Wilkins (1833-1892), a Scottish-born American politician who served as the 12th United States Secretary of War from 1880 to 1881.

The name Cubie has also been associated with place names in Scotland, such as Cubie Muir, a moorland area located in East Ayrshire, and Cubie Hill, a hill near the village of Cumbernauld in North Lanarkshire.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Cubie

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Cubie.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Cubie was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Cubie has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Cubie was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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