Dobs 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 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 3
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 3
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 5
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 3
Rutland 0
Shropshire 2
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 3
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 4
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 2
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Dobs Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Dobs family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 3
Farm Labourer 1
Stationery Engine Driver 1
House Keeper 1
Grocer's Porter 1
Ironer 1
Watch Maker 1
General Labourer 1
Clog And Shoemaker 1
Retired 1
Builder 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Dobs

Name Census Frequency
William Dobs 28
Mary Dobs 22
Elizabeth Dobs 19
Sarah Dobs 18
Ann Dobs 17
John Dobs 16
James Dobs 15
George Dobs 13
Thomas Dobs 12
Jane Dobs 9
Joseph Dobs 8
Eliza Dobs 7
Hannah Dobs 6
Richard Dobs 5
Charlotte Dobs 4
Edward Dobs 4
Henry Dobs 4
Samuel Dobs 4
Catherine Dobs 3
Charles Dobs 3
Emma Dobs 3
Martha Dobs 3
Michael Dobs 3
Alfred Dobs 2
Alice Dobs 2

Dobs Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Dobbs 80% 13,966
2 Dubois 50% 979
3 Dobs 100% 300
4 Debus 60% 124
5 Deboos 50% 112

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The surname Dobs is the 3rd most popular variant of Dobbs.

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