Dobbs Surname

16,596th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33,440 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wales

Dobbs Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Robert,' from nick. Dob. As will be seen (v. Hobb), Robert gave title to ghosts and haunting spirits. Hence the familiar hobs and dobbies. A ghost is a dobby in Furness. 'Dobby.

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Dobbs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States25,6201:14,1471,763
England3,7381:14,9062,200
Canada9711:37,9464,779
New Zealand8041:5,632922
Australia7981:33,8294,463
Wales6121:5,056550
Jamaica2571:11,1671,169
Ireland1641:28,7132,589
Scotland741:72,3495,525
Northern Ireland731:25,2742,815
South Africa321:1,693,05382,821
Chile281:629,16015,000
Brazil261:8,233,628183,715
Thailand201:3,531,917315,217
Spain201:2,337,60257,118
France201:3,321,136213,627
Germany141:5,750,390205,224
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Philippines111:9,203,475207,772
Panama111:355,6607,645
Switzerland111:746,62949,719
Israel101:855,76354,181
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Qatar91:262,00030,726
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Greece61:1,846,63289,049
Mexico51:24,825,24158,251
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
China51:273,464,31313,838
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Yemen21:13,212,64740,633
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Belize11:355,4743,977
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Macau11:601,6301,582
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1611:27,5152,887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,8411:13,2402,001
Wales1671:9,392572
Scotland201:187,1617,190
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,3481:15,0001,921

Dobbs (80) may also be a first name.

Dobbs Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Robert,' from nick. Dob. As will be seen (v. Hobb), Robert gave title to ghosts and haunting spirits. Hence the familiar hobs and dobbies. A ghost is a dobby in Furness. 'Dobby.

John Dobynette, 1463: Mun. Acad. Oxon.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

'son of Dob or Dobb,' a pet diminutive of Robert. John Dobsoun was tenant of the abbot of Kelso in 1567 (Kelso, p. 520), and John Dobsone is recorded in Selkirk in 1675 (RRM., III, p. 86).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

Dobb’s (Son): v. Dobb.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) The son of Dobb or Dob, pet forms of Robert (fame, bright).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Dobbs was the name of a Gloucester citizen in 1642, whose corn was seized by the Roundheads. Washbourne's "Bibliotheca Gioucestrcnsis.".

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Dobbs Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Dobbs Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Dobbs (Russian: Доббс) is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dobbs? popularity and diffusion

It is the 16,596th most frequent last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 217,929 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Dobbs live; 74 percent live in North America and 74 percent live in Anglo-North America. Dobbs is also the 1,075,395th most widespread first name on earth It is held by 80 people.

The last name Dobbs is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 25,620 people, or 1 in 14,147. In The United States it is primarily found in: Georgia, where 13 percent live, Texas, where 12 percent live and Alabama, where 5 percent live. Aside from The United States Dobbs exists in 65 countries. It is also found in England, where 11 percent live and Canada, where 3 percent live.

Dobbs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Dobbs has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 765 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 203 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 366 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 102 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 370 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Dobbs Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Catholic (50%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Dobbs surname are 17.51% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 64.28% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Dobbs earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 32.61% more than the national average, earning R 315,120 per year; in United States they earn 3.13% less than the national average, earning $41,800 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.55% less than the national average, earning $48,913 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dobbss911/
Doobbs910/
Dobb891,706/
Dabbs807,603/
Dubbs802,073/
Debbs80250/
Dhobb808/
Dobbz805/
Ddobb805/
Dobbx804/
Dobvs802/
Dowbs801/
Dhabbs7311/
D'Abbs734/
Douwbs731/
Dabb671,249/
Dovb673/
Dhabb6013/
Debbz601/
Dubbz601/
Dovvs601/
Dabvsh551/
Ddhabb551/

Dobbs Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dobbs in the Russian language
Доббсdobbs-

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