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

Tabib, 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 Tabib surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Tabib in America

Tabib is the 123064th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Tabib surname appeared 140 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 Tabib.

We can also compare 2010 data for Tabib 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 Tabib

The surname TABIB originated in the Persian language and can be traced back to the 9th century AD in regions that are now part of modern-day Iran, Iraq, and Syria. The name is derived from the Persian word "tabib," which means "physician" or "healer." It is likely that the earliest bearers of this surname were individuals who worked as medical practitioners or were associated with the medical profession in some way.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the TABIB surname can be found in a Persian manuscript from the 10th century, which mentions a physician named Ibn Tabib al-Baghdadi. This suggests that the name was already in use as a surname by this time period in the region around Baghdad, which was a major center of learning and culture during the Islamic Golden Age.

In the 11th century, a renowned Persian scholar and physician named Al-Tabib Al-Razi, also known as Rhazes, made significant contributions to the field of medicine. His works, including the comprehensive medical encyclopedia "Al-Hawi," were widely studied and influential throughout the Islamic world and Europe.

During the Seljuk Empire, which ruled over parts of Central Asia and the Middle East from the 11th to the 13th century, the TABIB surname appeared in various records and documents. One notable figure was Shams al-Din Muhammad Tabib, a physician and philosopher who lived in the 12th century and wrote on subjects ranging from medicine to astronomy.

In the 14th century, the TABIB surname can be found in the records of the Timurid Empire, which ruled over a vast territory stretching from modern-day Turkey to India. One of the most notable figures from this period was Ghiyath al-Din al-Tabib, a physician and astronomer who served at the court of Timur, the founder of the Timurid Dynasty.

Throughout the medieval and early modern periods, the TABIB surname was also associated with various localities and place names, such as Tabib Kandi (meaning "Physician's Village") in present-day Afghanistan, and Tabibabad (meaning "City of Physicians") in Iran.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Tabib

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

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 Tabib 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 Tabib 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 Tabib was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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