Cobbold Surname
Approximately 3,829 people bear this surname
Cobbold Surname Definition:
(English) the Domesday Cubold, the Anglo-Saxon Cúthb(e)ald = Famous-Bold [Old English cúð, famous + b(e)ald, bold] Hamo Cubald.—Hundred Rolls
Cobbold Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 1,940 | 1:13,928 | 1,803 |
| England | 1,488 | 1:37,445 | 4,891 |
| United States | 102 | 1:3,553,519 | 199,004 |
| Australia | 57 | 1:473,609 | 36,415 |
| Ivory Coast | 54 | 1:427,245 | 14,306 |
| Canada | 44 | 1:837,400 | 65,151 |
| South Africa | 41 | 1:1,321,407 | 72,211 |
| Wales | 19 | 1:162,870 | 11,152 |
| Northern Ireland | 17 | 1:108,532 | 6,545 |
| Thailand | 15 | 1:4,709,223 | 352,754 |
| Scotland | 11 | 1:486,711 | 19,179 |
| New Zealand | 9 | 1:503,147 | 33,029 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 654 | 1:37,271 | 4,826 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
Cobbold (25) may also be a first name.
Cobbold Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English) the Domesday Cubold, the Anglo-Saxon Cúthb(e)ald = Famous-Bold [Old English cúð, famous + b(e)ald, bold] Hamo Cubald.—Hundred Rolls
"From the Kobold of Germany, a harmless and often kindly sprite, something like the Scotch brownie, may perhaps come our name Cobbold; but this is doubtful, for we have the name of Cobb, answering to a Germ, and Danish name Kobbe, and ' bald' or ' bold' is one of the most common Teutonic composites." Ferguson. Cuboid, an Anglo-Saxon personal name, is found in Domesday.
Or Gobaud. Baldwin Wac granted to Robert Fitz-Gubold t. Henry I. one fee, held of the Barony of Brunne, Lincoln (Liber Niger), from whom descended John Gubaud 13th cent., who held of the same barony (Testa de Neville). Robert Goebald occurs in 1158 (Rot. Pip.), and Henry Gobaud in Devon (Testa de Neville).
From the Swedish, Cobel; in the Domesday Book, Cuboid; a personal name.
Cobbold occurred as Corbold and Coebold in the list of Suffolk freeholders in 1561 (Lansd.).
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Cobbold Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cobbold Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cobbold is found in Ghana more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Cobbold? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 119,917th most widely held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,903,250 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 52 percent of Cobbold are found; 51 percent are found in West Africa and 51 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Cobbold is also the 2,136,160th most commonly used first name globally, held by 25 people.
This last name is most common in Ghana, where it is borne by 1,940 people, or 1 in 13,928. Excluding Ghana this surname is found in 27 countries. It is also found in England, where 39 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.
Cobbold Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Cobbold has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Cobbold last name rose 228 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 550 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Cobbold Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Cobbold last name are 18.2% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 71.43% registered with the party.
The amount Cobbold earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 11.33% more than the national average, earning R 264,564 per year; in United States they earn 5.29% more than the national average, earning $45,432 USD per year and in Canada they earn 97.14% more than the national average, earning $97,944 CAD per year.
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