Kobbe Surname

268,397th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,454 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Kobbe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kobbe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany9741:82,65410,439
United States4121:879,75566,617
Sweden171:579,22142,433
Mauritania161:255,92911,901
Norway121:428,52437,411
England71:7,959,723202,100
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
France11:66,422,722504,397
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States711:707,30545,577

The alternate forms: Köbbe (147) & Kobbé (9) are calculated separately.

Kobbe (36) may also be a first name.

Kobbe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kobbe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺒﻪ) is most common in Germany. It may also occur in the variant forms: Köbbe or Kobbé. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kobbe? popularity and diffusion

Kobbe is the 268,397th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 5,012,067 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 70 percent of Kobbe are found; 67 percent are found in Western Europe and 67 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,717,090th most widespread given name in the world It is held by 36 people.

The last name Kobbe is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 974 people, or 1 in 82,654. In Germany Kobbe is most frequent in: Lower Saxony, where 65 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 11 percent are found and Brandenburg, where 4 percent are found. Aside from Germany this surname occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 28 percent are found and Sweden, where 1 percent are found.

Kobbe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Kobbe has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kobbe last name rose 580 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kobbe Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kobbe surname are 18.75% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 65.52% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Kobbe earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 150.17% more than the national average, earning 865,785 kr per year and in United States they earn 1.61% more than the national average, earning $43,845 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Köbbe93147/
Kobbé939/
Kobbie91362/
Koebbe91355/
Kobbeh9122/
Koubbe9114/
Kobbes919/
Kobbee912/
Kobberø83143/
Kobberå831/
Koubbeh831/
Kobbett830/
Kobba805,269/
Kobbi804,858/
Kobby802,884/
Cobbe801,170/
Kebbe80675/
Kabbe80471/
Kubbe80410/
Käbbe801/
Kebbie737,232/
Koubbi73885/
Koubba73321/
Kobbai7369/
Khobbi7352/
Cobbey7338/
Khobba7327/
Kabbey7323/
Kabbej7317/
Cobber7317/
Kabbez7313/
Kovbei7312/
Kovbey7311/
Kabbie7310/
Cobbet739/
Cobbes734/
Cobbee734/
Khobby733/
Kubbeh733/
Khabbe732/
Kebbey732/
Kobboi731/
Kobbay731/
Kubbie731/
Kebbei731/
Kabbed731/
Kasbbe731/
Cobbie731/
Kebbee730/
Koebbi730/
Kubbes730/
Khoubbieh7114/
Cobbett671,671/
Khosbbi671,214/
Khoubba67342/
Kabbesh67289/
Khubber6727/
Kabbech6715/
Cobbeas677/
Kubbeit677/
Khubbey675/
Khoubve673/
Kabhber673/
Kabbher673/
Kobbaya671/
Kobbajj671/
Koshbbi671/
Khoubbi671/
Cobbest670/
Cobbets670/

Kobbe Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kobbe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻛﺒﻪkbh-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kobbe
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