Gobbs Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 3
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 2
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 4
Hampshire 2
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 2
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
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 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Gobbs Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Gobbs family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 2
Grocer 1
Auctioneer 1
Servant 1
Wife 1
Annuitant 1
Washerwoman 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Gobbs

Name Census Frequency
Mary Gobbs 15
William Gobbs 15
John Gobbs 13
George Gobbs 12
Elizabeth Gobbs 11
James Gobbs 9
Henry Gobbs 6
Jane Gobbs 6
Martha Gobbs 6
Sarah Gobbs 6
Alice Gobbs 5
Annie Gobbs 5
Frances Gobbs 5
Thomas Gobbs 5
Ann Gobbs 4
Charles Gobbs 4
Ellen Gobbs 4
Emma Gobbs 4
Frank Gobbs 4
Robert Gobbs 4
Ada Gobbs 3
Alfred Gobbs 3
Louisa Gobbs 3
Maria Gobbs 3
Richard Gobbs 3

Gobbs Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Gibbs 80% 107,828
2 Gebbs 80% 416
3 Gibbes 67% 317
4 Gubbs 80% 287
5 Gobbs 100% 249

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The surname Gobbs is the 5th most popular variant of Gibbs.

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