Wobbe Surname

196,194th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,137 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wobbe Surname Definition:

From the Dutch, Wubbe (?); a personal name.

Wobbe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,3281:60,6227,798
United States7041:514,85643,086
South Africa541:1,003,29161,925
Sweden111:895,16066,831
Chile101:1,761,64727,489
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
England51:11,143,612252,590
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States811:619,98441,330

The alternate forms: Wöbbe (14) are calculated separately.

Wobbe (242) may also be a first name.

Wobbe Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From the Dutch, Wubbe (?); a personal name.

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

Wobbe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wobbe occurs most in Germany. It can also occur in the variant forms: Wöbbe. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wobbe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 196,194th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 3,410,176 people. The surname Wobbe is mostly found in Europe, where 63 percent of Wobbe are found; 63 percent are found in Western Europe and 63 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Wobbe is also the 574,510th most frequently used first name throughout the world, held by 242 people.

The surname is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 1,328 people, or 1 in 60,622. In Germany Wobbe is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 38 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 21 percent reside and Hamburg, where 16 percent reside. Other than Germany this surname occurs in 17 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 33 percent reside and South Africa, where 3 percent reside.

Wobbe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wobbe has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wobbe surname grew 869 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 500 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wobbe Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wobbe surname are 18.92% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 65.69% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Wobbe earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 275.74% more than the national average, earning R 892,896 per year; in United States they earn 19% more than the national average, earning $51,347 USD per year and in Canada they earn 37.18% more than the national average, earning $68,156 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wöbbe9314/
Woebbe9120/
Wobbee918/
Woobbey831/
Woubbie831/
Webbe801,414/
Bobbe801,188/
Wübbe80265/
Wubbe80194/
Vobbe8065/
Wabbe8044/
Wobba8019/
Wobby8013/
Webbie7359/
Bobbey7358/
Whebbe7356/
Wöbber7354/
Wabbes7340/
Bobbee7325/
Weubbe7320/
Boubbe7311/
Webbey738/
Wubbie735/
Wuebbe734/
Woobby732/
Webbea731/
Boibbe731/
Wabbie730/
Webbee730/
Wabbey730/
Boubbey676/
Whebbeh671/

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wobbe
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