Hobby Surname
Approximately 5,565 people bear this surname
Hobby Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,637 | 1:99,659 | 11,071 |
| England | 623 | 1:89,435 | 9,670 |
| Australia | 472 | 1:57,194 | 6,970 |
| Egypt | 275 | 1:334,312 | 21,412 |
| Wales | 159 | 1:19,462 | 2,076 |
| Iran | 96 | 1:799,818 | 40,023 |
| New Zealand | 68 | 1:66,593 | 10,133 |
| Canada | 32 | 1:1,151,425 | 83,867 |
| Northern Ireland | 24 | 1:76,876 | 5,365 |
| Netherlands | 23 | 1:734,225 | 57,169 |
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| China | 10 | 1:136,732,157 | 7,199 |
| Venezuela | 10 | 1:3,020,408 | 31,795 |
| France | 9 | 1:7,380,302 | 306,885 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:594,869 | 21,724 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Hong Kong | 6 | 1:1,222,580 | 5,222 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 310 | 1:78,630 | 8,494 |
| Wales | 58 | 1:27,042 | 1,534 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 783 | 1:64,136 | 6,984 |
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.
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.
(Danish.) Local. From hob, a herd, and by, a town; the town of herds or flocks.
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.).
Hobby Demographics
Average Male Hobby Height
175.35 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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
Hobby Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hobby in the Hindi language | ||
| होबी | hobi | - |
| Hobby in the Marathi language | ||
| हॉबी | hobi | - |
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