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[Surname] TUBBRITT
My surname is TUBBRITT and apart from family members (obviously - doh!) i have never heard of this surname. My dads dad came from waterford in Ireland.
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From my Irish surname book:

Tubrit, -itt, -rid: fairly rare: Wexford. Waterford etc. In Irish Ó Tiobraide, from tiobraid, meaning a "well" ... despite its locative sense, a patronymic name associated with Clare ...

Just FYI ...Tipperary comes from Tiobraid-Arann ...."the well of Ara" ...'Ara' being possibly derived from "height" or "slaughter" ...
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