What COUNTRY did the name GRUBBS come from??

Question

Anybody out there know??

Answer 1

Heres some info, dont know if it will help any

The origin of the Grubb(s) occupational surname is a Germanic word referring to digging. There are about 20,000 persons named Grubbs and another 15,000 named Grubb in the U.S. Yet only a handful of well documented Grubbs immigrants from England and Germany define several American family trees. The English ancestry Grubbs tested so far are not related to the German ancestry Grubbs.

In the UK and Ireland there are thousands of people named Grubb and a few named Grubbs. Many are interested in genealogy and belong to the UK based Grubb Family Association. There are also Grubbs scattered over the globe. Most descendants of european colonists named Grubb or Grubbs cannot trace their ancestry back to Europe and it is unclear how these scattered clans might relate to the descendants of the known immigrants. Y-DNA testing could reconnect these families, apart for over three centuries in some cases.

Answer 2

Grubbs was not found in this database. Names that sound similar to Grubbs:
Gerbic

Gerbic
Usage: Slovene

Means "hunchback" from Slovene grba "hunch".

Answer 3

Interesting! :D Well, um, being Hispanic and having mostly Spanish ancestry, I assumed that my last name came from Spain, but I wasn't actually sure, so I actually did some research. My name is of Basque origin (reveals my last name but I'm not too worried): ~The Basque surname Argueta is derived from the word "argueta," which in turn comes from the word "arguitsu," meaning "bright, luminous."~ I didn't know what "Basque" meant, so I did more research on Wikipedia, and here's what I found: ~The Basque Country as a greater region (Basque: Euskal Herria) is a European cultural region in the western Pyrenees that spans the border between France and Spain, on the Atlantic coast. It comprises the Spanish Autonomous Communities of the Basque Country and Navarre, and then the Northern Basque Country in France. Over the centuries, elements from both Spanish and French culture (including the respective languages) have been a major influence in the respective parts of the region's culture.~ So yeah, my last name comes from something about Basque. xD (btw I have my mom's last name--which is also my grandma and my great-grandma's....)

Answer 4

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