Cob Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 5
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 6
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 2
Gloucestershire 3
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 6
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 5
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 2
London 4
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 1
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 7
Oxfordshire 5
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 5
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 9
Somerset 18
Surrey 1
Sussex 2
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 5
Yorkshire 3

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Cob Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Cob family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 11
Female Servant 6
Labourer 3
Male Servant 3
Ag Labourer 2
Glover 2
Glovers Daughter 2
Pupil 2
Ind 1
Tailor 1
Independent 1
Cow Keeper 1
Farmer 1
Widow 1
Blacksmith 1
Grocer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Cob

Name Census Frequency
William Cob 30
John Cob 27
Mary Cob 27
James Cob 24
Elizabeth Cob 21
George Cob 20
Sarah Cob 18
Ann Cob 14
Charles Cob 11
Alice Cob 10
Emma Cob 10
Jane Cob 10
Eliza Cob 9
Joseph Cob 9
Henry Cob 8
Ellen Cob 7
Hannah Cob 7
Arthur Cob 6
Caroline Cob 6
Frederick Cob 6
Maria Cob 6
Martha Cob 6
Thomas Cob 6
Alfred Cob 5
Samuel Cob 5

Cob Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Cobb 75% 30,084
2 Cabe 50% 1,510
3 Ecob 75% 805
4 Cob 100% 468
5 Cobe 75% 160

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The surname Cob is the 4th most popular variant of Cobb.

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