Rob Forename

4,015th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 262,139 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Rob Forename Definition:

Properly a diminutive of Robin, but often now used as one of Robert: qq. v. Cf. Rab.

Rob Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands
100%
123,8681:1364
United States
100%
72,1071:5,028719
Canada
100%
24,7961:1,336304
Mozambique-8,1601:3,339695
New Zealand-3,6431:1,245294
Poland
100%
3,1571:12,045515
Kenya
98%
 
2,2601:20,4901,991
Bangladesh
100%
2,2001:72,4825,501
Sudan
100%
1,9831:19,0661,940
Belgium
100%
1,6471:6,976904
England
100%
1,5521:35,8271,897
Australia-1,3941:9,797936
Germany
100%
1,2111:79,8331,843
Angola-1,0801:24,9691,864
Egypt-1,0191:90,1874,233
Ethiopia
100%
9251:105,4707,385
Ghana-8991:30,0181,918
Thailand
97%
 
5301:132,20010,118
France
100%
5121:129,8252,539
Armenia
97%
 
4701:6,210677
Sri Lanka-4291:48,4835,248
Philippines
99%
 
4231:250,61310,328
India
87%
 
4101:2,963,117135,429
Japan-4101:312,1618,744
Indonesia
100%
3921:658,07145,852
Suriname-3621:1,527347
Portugal-3601:28,9191,211
Cambodia
 
63%
3591:45,3302,874
Saudi Arabia-3501:88,0369,509
Russia
100%
3341:431,8374,981
Malawi-2961:57,8123,676
Switzerland
100%
2941:27,9371,667
Fiji-2881:3,099856
Brazil
100%
2531:846,78323,424
China-2231:6,125,81159,268
Morocco-2181:157,5634,496
United Arab Emirates-2051:34,8883,279
Italy
85%
 
1961:311,5413,840
Spain
100%
1681:276,9644,777
Singapore
100%
1661:37,8746,524
Iraq
100%
1451:241,5023,830
Mexico
100%
1371:906,1647,734
Sweden
100%
1211:81,4703,702
Oman-1121:36,6852,211
Denmark-981:57,6482,073
Malta-971:4,426628
Uzbekistan-971:317,3866,177
Kuwait-951:39,8453,619
Guatemala-851:189,5112,967
Taiwan
100%
831:286,38221,461
Afghanistan
 
82%
741:440,8587,808
Wales
98%
 
741:41,8151,591
Scotland
100%
631:84,9262,132
Bahrain-591:22,8593,234
Pakistan
 
92%
581:3,350,99437,942
Norway
100%
571:90,0413,038
DR Congo
100%
551:1,342,32036,691
Greece
100%
541:202,4924,105
Malaysia
86%
 
511:597,05824,614
Dominican Republic-491:212,8838,521
Laos-491:134,426189
Papua New Guinea
91%
 
441:185,28015,927
Austria
100%
411:207,6633,073
South Korea-411:135,2306,077
South Africa
100%
341:1,603,90151,699
Qatar
100%
311:76,4399,122
Vietnam-311:2,987,8423,334
Uganda
100%
301:1,365,23120,932
Zimbabwe
100%
281:550,85123,998
Estonia-261:50,5922,900
Romania-221:911,45321,217
Czechia
100%
211:507,4362,515
Kazakhstan
80%
 
211:845,0889,826
Colombia-191:2,514,68019,060
Nigeria
100%
191:9,345,493111,831
Panama-191:205,6087,846
Cyprus-181:48,3932,133
Zambia-181:880,82215,021
Aruba-171:6,1051,121
Tanzania-171:3,105,19523,654
Libya-161:388,8321,019
Finland
72%
 
151:365,5464,839
Chile
70%
 
141:1,257,65810,399
Northern Ireland
100%
131:141,7801,629
American Samoa-111:5,077963
Georgia
100%
111:339,8617,323
Monaco-111:3,497622
Hungary
99%
 
101:979,1772,758
Liberia
100%
101:441,20612,452
Peru
100%
101:3,179,14527,401
Turkey-101:7,780,17128,511
Israel
57%
 
91:933,65813,501
Madagascar-91:2,625,4903,077
Norfolk Island-91:25846
Rwanda-91:1,263,4931,939
Vanuatu-91:29,088709
Argentina
50%
 
81:5,346,65513,183
Belarus
100%
71:1,354,6266,726
Nicaragua-71:859,76211,907
Venezuela
100%
61:5,033,64967,876
Algeria-51:7,635,34412,071
Azerbaijan
100%
51:1,928,58920,785
Haiti-51:2,145,39120,367
Luxembourg-51:112,8102,667
Nepal-51:5,697,47055,717
Tunisia-51:135,3806,628
Dominica-41:18,868592
El Salvador-41:1,585,4468,153
Gabon-41:470,8342,822
Guinea-41:2,964,6625,204
Maldives-41:108,4762,638
New Caledonia-41:67,5412,087
Puerto Rico-41:887,5754,962
Tajikistan-41:2,093,7305,016
Togo-41:1,809,8105,654
Tonga-41:26,859378
Uruguay-41:856,9098,493
Bhutan-31:274,9764,070
Bulgaria-31:2,330,13016,302
Cook Islands-31:6,051772
Croatia-31:1,405,69211,430
Ivory Coast-31:7,691,97882,363
Mauritius-31:432,5957,262
Saint Kitts and Nevis-31:18,2872,142
Saint Lucia-31:59,2724,116
São Tomé and Príncipe-31:63,9993,481
Solomon Islands-31:193,6526,393
Albania-21:1,523,28533,816
Andorra-21:41,444944
Bolivia-21:5,300,7026,605
Cameroon-21:10,805,25286,897
Cape Verde-21:264,5764,841
Costa Rica-21:2,383,97418,662
Grenada
100%
21:54,0623,078
Honduras-21:4,408,73423,808
Kyrgyzstan-21:2,986,63834,954
Macau-21:304,1041,640
San Marino-21:16,460588
Senegal-21:7,290,67824,413
Slovakia-21:2,655,0326,915
Ukraine
100%
21:22,749,95422,291
Yemen-21:13,148,37610,677
Bahamas-11:399,3704,606
Belize-11:354,3097,663
Bermuda-11:64,8262,481
Bosnia and Herzegovina-11:3,524,4588,651
Brunei-11:419,5703,266
Burundi-11:9,906,5592,558
Chad-11:13,598,39815,363
Congo
100%
11:5,009,20537,978
Cuba-11:11,506,55213,531
Curaçao-11:155,8031,239
Ecuador-11:17,726,91931,775
Equatorial Guinea-11:1,137,6891,044
Eritrea-11:4,752,977997
Greenland-11:56,3711,395
Guam-11:160,6463,210
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Iran-11:78,496,86865,150
Jersey-11:99,9802,122
Jordan-11:8,826,77411,126
Latvia-11:2,015,6456,531
Lebanon-11:5,627,57119,299
Liechtenstein-11:37,8561,091
Lithuania-11:2,951,8825,377
North Macedonia-11:2,090,75715,787
Mali-11:16,977,7558,714
Moldova-11:3,561,1398,690
Mongolia-11:2,934,81416,205
Montenegro-11:634,5764,914
Myanmar-11:51,948,2733,226
Namibia-11:2,404,17916,970
Nauru
100%
11:11,927903
Niger-11:19,183,99477,442
Northern Cyprus-11:318,1333,044
Northern Mariana Islands-11:54,6681,803
Palestine
100%
11:4,550,0585,739
Paraguay-11:7,236,80516,549
Samoa-11:195,1901,348
Serbia-11:7,145,72110,629
Sierra Leone-11:7,088,6631,497
Slovenia-11:2,458,7586,723
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
United States Virgin Islands-11:109,7474,493

The alternate forms: Röb (2) are calculated separately.

Rob (23,419) may also be a surname.

Rob Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Properly a diminutive of Robin, but often now used as one of Robert: qq. v. Cf. Rab.

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

Rob Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Röb892/
Robt8625,405/
Roib86571/
Roub86258/
Robs86121/
Roeb8692/
Roob8670/
Royb8646/
Robd8628/
Robh8623/
Robz8623/
Rhob8611/
Rohb865/
Rosb863/
Ruob863/
Rotb862/
Robp862/
Rrob862/
Rojb861/
Hrob861/
Robë861/
Hroib7520/
Robtt759/
Rob't757/
Rhobs754/
Rothb754/
Roibh754/
Rohub753/
Roobh753/
Rrobt753/
Robss753/
Rhoob752/
Rhobz752/
Robht752/
Roobt752/
Ruobp751/
Rowjb751/
Rosbh751/
Roytb751/
Roobs751/
Rob'z751/
Rhosb751/
Rochb751/
Robhh751/
Robzz751/
Robtd751/
Roebh751/
Rohbt751/
Rootb751/
Rossb751/
Hroub751/
Rab6767,394/
Reb673,680/
Rop673,165/
Rub673,017/
Rof671,165/
Row67817/
Rov67388/
Robuao672/
Geerob672/
Rosbch671/
Rohgib671/
Rzhoob671/
Roosbt671/
Roubch671/
Ryoubu671/
Raobao671/
Reobbe671/

Rob Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Rob in the Russian language
Робrob-

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