Hobby Surname

86,543rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,565 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wales

Hobby Surname Definition:

'The Right Hon.

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Hobby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,6371:99,65911,071
England6231:89,4359,670
Australia4721:57,1946,970
Egypt2751:334,31221,412
Wales1591:19,4622,076
Iran961:799,81840,023
New Zealand681:66,59310,133
Canada321:1,151,42583,867
Northern Ireland241:76,8765,365
Netherlands231:734,22557,169
Germany131:6,192,728213,814
India111:69,733,217610,955
China101:136,732,1577,199
Venezuela101:3,020,40831,795
France91:7,380,302306,885
Scotland91:594,86921,724
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Hong Kong61:1,222,5805,222
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Romania41:5,019,46862,922
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Malta11:430,2723,380
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3101:78,6308,494
Wales581:27,0421,534
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7831:64,1366,984

The alternate forms: Höbbý (1) are calculated separately.

Hobby (1,284) may also be a first name.

Hobby Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Local 'of Hoby,' a parish in Leicestershire. (2) Bapt. 'the son of Robert,' from the nick. Hob, and pet Hobby or Hobbie. The local derivation is the more probable one. Hoby is found as Hobby in the following entry:

'The Right Hon. Charles. Earl of Manchester, bachelor ... and the Hon. Dodington Grevill, spinster, about seventern, her parents dead, and she at the disposal of Thomas Hobby, Esq., her father-in-law, who consents.' Feb. 19, 1690-1: Marriage Lic. (Faculty Office). The said Thomas was of the Hoby family.

1574. Edward Hobbie, Berkshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

1614-5. Married — Richard Hobby and Sara Bathe: St. Dionis Backchurch.

1803. — John Hanson and Sarah Hoby: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

1 = Hobb (q.v.) + the English diminutive suff. -ie, -y.

2 a nickname from the small Hawk or Falcon so called [Middle English hobby, hoby, hobie, from Old French hobe (whence French hobereau); app. of Low German orig.] The hobby and the muskette.—Skelton, Phyllyp Sparowe, 567.

3 see Hoby.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Danish.) Local. From hob, a herd, and by, a town; the town of herds or flocks.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Hobby or Hobie was the name of a distinguished Leominster family in the reign of Henry VIII., itself a branch of the Hobys of Badland, Radnorshire: from the Leominster family sprang a line of baronets that became extinct in 1766 (T.).

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

Hobby Last Name Facts

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

The last name Hobby (Hindi: होबी, Marathi: हॉबी) occurs most in The United States. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Höbbý. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Hobby? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 86,543rd most numerous surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 1,309,532 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 66 percent of Hobby live; 66 percent live in North America and 66 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 219,955th most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 1,284 people.

This last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 3,637 people, or 1 in 99,659. In The United States it is mostly found in: Georgia, where 16 percent live, Florida, where 11 percent live and Tennessee, where 7 percent live. Outside of The United States it is found in 59 countries. It is also common in England, where 11 percent live and Australia, where 8 percent live.

Hobby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Hobby has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Hobby surname expanded 464 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 201 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 274 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Hobby Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Hobby surname are 10.86% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.63% being registered with the political party.

The amount Hobby earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 1.4% more than the national average, earning $43,752 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.33% less than the national average, earning $49,022 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Houbby9114/
Chobby915/
Khobby913/
Hobbys911/
Hobbay911/
Hobbey911/
Obby89143/
Höbbý871/
Chobbey8323/
Choubby832/
Hubby80709/
Gobby80378/
Hobba80373/
Hobbi80363/
Habby80198/
Jobby8099/
Hobbe8092/
Obbey8055/
Obboy8014/
Hebby8013/
Obbay8011/
Howby801/
Osbby801/
Hobbé801/
Choubbey772/
Hobbie731,632/
Hobbis73715/
Hobbes73575/
Houbbi73197/
Chubby7372/
Khobbi7352/
Gobbey7346/
Hobber7340/
Houbba7335/
Hobbet7333/
Hobbje7314/
Chabby7313/
Hobbij7310/
Hubbay737/
Habbiy734/
Chobbe734/
Habbey733/
Chovby733/
Chowby733/
Hebbey733/
Chobba733/
Habbay732/
Husbby732/
Hobbee732/
Howbys731/
Obbaya731/
Jobbey731/
Hoebbe731/
Hobbeh731/
Gobbay731/
Hubbey731/
Oubbey731/
Hobbit731/
Ashbby730/
Hobbei730/
Hobbez730/
Chowbay673,718/
Abby671,572/
Chowbey671,271/
Obba67276/
Chabbey67253/
Ebby67166/
Obbi67107/
Ubby6793/
Chubboy6730/
Obbe6729/
Hobbiss6716/
Chobber677/
Chovbey677/
Khubbey675/
Chaubby674/
Hobbett673/
Hovbysh672/
Hobbitt672/
Owby672/
Houbbai671/
Chowboy671/
Hobbitz671/
Chubbys671/
Hobbieh671/
Obbé671/
Àbby671/
Chobbie671/
Choubba671/
Choubbe671/
Choubbi671/
Khoubbi671/
Chabbay671/
Hobbich670/

Hobby Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Hobby in the Hindi language
होबीhobi-
Hobby in the Marathi language
हॉबीhobi-

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