Lob Surname

192,064th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,193 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Lob Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the lobb,' a loutish country bumpkin, a clownish rustic. 'A blunt countrie lob' (Stanihurst). In Somersetshire the last person in a race is called the lob (Halliwell); compare lobcock, a lubber. 'Baligaut, an unwelde lubber, great lob cocke' (Cotgrave); compare the Somersetshire Crease and Kift; compare looby.

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Lob Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine4201:108,38715,490
Germany3151:255,57327,534
Russia2151:670,34057,576
United States2141:1,693,733112,431
Iraq1311:267,3415,559
Taiwan1171:200,3821,726
Argentina821:521,26138,206
Israel751:114,10212,745
Austria691:123,41217,157
Switzerland551:149,32614,246
France551:1,207,686126,065
Malaysia491:601,92329,168
Cambodia431:360,1663,743
Netherlands411:411,88242,990
Papua New Guinea301:271,79136,992
Jordan301:294,74810,946
Yemen261:1,016,35711,550
India261:29,502,515369,827
England221:2,532,63991,802
Thailand151:4,709,223352,754
Belarus141:678,64756,781
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638
Chile101:1,761,64727,489
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
Tajikistan91:931,8555,350
Costa Rica81:597,5094,667
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Mexico61:20,687,70153,861
Senegal51:2,915,8685,479
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Algeria31:12,877,18484,902
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Kazakhstan31:5,894,165166,702
China31:455,773,85521,925
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States291:1,731,67989,620

The alternate forms: Löb (1,872) & Lôb (1) are calculated separately.

Lob (1,891) may also be a first name.

Lob Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the lobb,' a loutish country bumpkin, a clownish rustic. 'A blunt countrie lob' (Stanihurst). In Somersetshire the last person in a race is called the lob (Halliwell); compare lobcock, a lubber. 'Baligaut, an unwelde lubber, great lob cocke' (Cotgrave); compare the Somersetshire Crease and Kift; compare looby.

Adam Lobbe, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Richard Lobbe, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

1752. Married — Peter Lobb and Catherine Stranger: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.

1709. — Thomas Guymerl and Eliza Loot: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(Teutonic) a Thick, Clumsy Fellow; Lout, Rustic [Middle English and Dialectal English lob, lobbe: cp. Middle Dutch lobben, a clown; Norwegian (Dialectal) lubb, a squat individual;-Frisian lob, lobbe, a lump or mass; O.L.Ger. lobbe, a lump: Welsh llob, a blockhead, is prob. from English] ‘That lob,’ quoth he, ‘ and yonder lasse that this way drives her gotes.’— Warner, Albion’s England, A.D. 1592.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A clown, a clumsy fellow. "A blunt country lob." Stanihurst. (Halliwell.)

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

The name of Lobb was represented in St. Kevern parish a century ago, and a gentle family of Lobb resided in Kenwyn 200 years ago (P.), where the name still remains. In 1584, William Lobb, of Cardinham, Bodmin, leased for 999 years West Downe, part of the manor of Lancarfe, to the Crossman family (M.).

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

Lob Last Name Facts

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

Lob (Hindi: लोब, Marathi: लोब, Russian: Лоб) is found in Ukraine more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Löb or Lôb. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lob? popularity and diffusion

Lob is the 192,064th most frequent surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,323,094 people. Lob occurs mostly in Europe, where 56 percent of Lob live; 29 percent live in Eastern Europe and 29 percent live in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 174,822nd most prevalent given name at a global level It is held by 1,891 people.

The last name is most widespread in Ukraine, where it is carried by 420 people, or 1 in 108,387. In Ukraine Lob is most frequent in: Poltava Oblast, where 31 percent reside, Lviv Oblast, where 19 percent reside and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 14 percent reside. Without taking into account Ukraine this last name exists in 69 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 14 percent reside and Russia, where 10 percent reside.

Lob Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Lob has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lob surname rose 738 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 550 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lob Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Orthodox (71%) in Russia and Catholic (45%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Lob surname are 14.77% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 32% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Lob earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 120.58% more than the national average, earning R 524,172 per year and in United States they earn 7.08% more than the national average, earning $46,203 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Löb891,872/
Lôb891/
Loeb867,855/
Loob86225/
Loub86209/
Lobs86190/
Losb86120/
Loib8625/
Hlob8613/
Lojb867/
Lobh866/
Liob864/
Lobt864/
Lyob863/
Lohb862/
Luob862/
Lobp861/
Lobz861/
Llob861/
Loyb861/
Lobd861/
Loëb861/
Lhob861/
Loobs754/
Llhob754/
Loubt753/
Liobė752/
Lloyb752/
Lobtt752/
Lobch751/
Loisb751/
Loubs751/
Low67146,986/
Lobova6710,775/
Lab677,361/
Lov673,092/
Lof671,646/
Leb671,569/
Lop671,557/
Lub671,459/
Lobová6773/
Léb6749/
Lobsch6741/
Lobowa6734/
Láb677/
Lootbd671/
Lüb671/

Lob Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lob in the Hindi language
लोबloba-
Lob in the Marathi language
लोबloba-
Lob in the Russian language
Лобlob-

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