Gobson 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 1
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 2
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 4
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 6
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

Gobson Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Gobson family

Profession Census Frequency
Mantle Finisher 1
Riggess Labourer 1
Grocer Assistant 1
Milliner 1
Domestic Cook 1
Farmer 1
Actired 1
Coal Miner Hewer 1
Merchant Shipowres 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Gobson

Name Census Frequency
John Gobson 45
Mary Gobson 38
William Gobson 37
Elizabeth Gobson 30
George Gobson 22
Sarah Gobson 21
Ann Gobson 20
Thomas Gobson 18
Robert Gobson 17
James Gobson 13
Jane Gobson 13
Henry Gobson 12
Hannah Gobson 11
Ellen Gobson 9
Emily Gobson 9
Joseph Gobson 8
Margaret Gobson 8
Annie Gobson 6
Samuel Gobson 6
Alfred Gobson 5
Arthur Gobson 5
Charles Gobson 5
David Gobson 5
Edward Gobson 5
Harry Gobson 5

Gobson Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Gibson 83% 185,175
2 Gebson 83% 588
3 Gobson 100% 550

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The surname Gobson is the 3rd most popular variant of Gibson.

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