Mobbs Surname

94,406th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,046 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Australia

Mobbs Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Mabel,' from nick. Mab (v. Mapp). Oddly enough, the modern form is generally Mobbs; compare Maggs and Mogg.

Alicia Mab. 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Agnes Mabbe, 1379: ibid.

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Mobbs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,8261:30,5144,093
United States1,4691:246,73923,506
Australia1,2711:21,2402,950
Canada1561:236,19022,564
South Africa761:712,86550,752
New Zealand691:65,62810,016
Scotland381:140,8908,524
Wales341:91,0167,411
Brazil221:9,730,651206,332
Israel141:611,26042,949
Argentina111:3,885,765145,016
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
France61:11,070,454349,096
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,1241:21,6863,073
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1161:432,92031,560

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

Mobbs Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Mabel,' from nick. Mab (v. Mapp). Oddly enough, the modern form is generally Mobbs; compare Maggs and Mogg.

Alicia Mab. 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Agnes Mabbe, 1379: ibid.

1616. Married — Frauncis Mydleton and Kathernin Mabb, of Woodford, Essex: St. Michael, Cornhill.

1626. — Daniell Mabbes and Hannah Crakell: ibid.

1800. — John Mobbs and Susanna Ambler: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

A variant of Mabbs, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From the Flemish, Mobers; a personal name.$

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Mobbs Last Name Facts

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

Mobbs is most common in England. It may appear in the variant forms: Möbbs. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mobbs? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 94,406th most commonly occurring surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 1,444,222 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 38 percent of Mobbs live; 38 percent live in Northern Europe and 38 percent live in British Isles.

The surname Mobbs is most commonly used in England, where it is carried by 1,826 people, or 1 in 30,514. In England it is most numerous in: Norfolk, where 13 percent are found, Northamptonshire, where 8 percent are found and Greater London, where 7 percent are found. Beside England this last name is found in 33 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 29 percent are found and Australia, where 25 percent are found.

Mobbs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Mobbs has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Mobbs last name rose 162 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 1,266 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 3,800 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Mobbs Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Mobbs surname are 9.62% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56.39% registered with the party.

The amount Mobbs earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 89.52% more than the national average, earning R 450,372 per year; in United States they earn 17.14% less than the national average, earning $35,752 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.02% more than the national average, earning $54,661 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Möbbs931/
Mhobbs913/
Mobb8941/
Mabbs80403/
Mebbs804/
Mubbs801/
Mabb67718/
Mobv6760/
Mooheebb621/
Monpb601/

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