Hobb is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Hobb
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Hobb

How popular is Hobb?

Hobb is ranked 651348 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Hobbs plummeted by 13.1579 per cent to 198 since 2000 and slipped by 14684 spots and ranked at 92719. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 67.17 75.88
Black 14.65 12.28
American Indian and Alaska Native 12.12 9.21
Others 3.03 0
Hobb is a very rare family name, few people in United States and Australia have the last name. Around 318 people have been found who wears Hobb as their family name. Hobb have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
720,003 Russia4
1,704,541 India1
77,122 Sweden1
38,841 Scotland1
56,169 Mexico1
49,529 Israel1
47,891 Norway1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
42,427 Australia48
72,994 Canada39
107,506 England27
Countries with hundreds of Hobb:
112,908 United States194

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Robert Hobb worked as workman and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 23 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Ashburton and arrived on October 18, 1849. 26 years old James Hobb, Mary Hobb, are other Hobb that migrated to US.

Hobb Namesakes

  • Elsbeary Hobbs, Musician
  • Aileen Hobbs, Rebecca Hobbs' mother
  • Angie Hobbs, Philosopher
  • Robin Hobb, Writer
  • David Hobbs, Racing driver
  • Lyndall Hobbs, Film director
  • Halliwell Hobbes, Actor
  • Becky Hobbs, Singer-songwriter
  • Jack Hobbs, Cricketer
  • Bettye Hobbs Pruitt, Author

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