Hobs 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 1
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 2
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 3
Middlesex 1
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 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 1
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 2
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Hobs Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Hobs family

Profession Census Frequency
Coal Miner Hewer 2
Boot Repairer Cordwainer 1
Cook (domestic) 1
Railway Porter 1
School 1
Marris Labourer 1
Seaman A B 1
Housemaid (domestic) 1
Auctioneer Porter 1
Servant (domestic) 1
Printers Compositor 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Hobs

Name Census Frequency
William Hobs 67
John Hobs 53
Mary Hobs 49
Elizabeth Hobs 48
George Hobs 34
James Hobs 34
Sarah Hobs 28
Ann Hobs 27
Jane Hobs 25
Thomas Hobs 23
Charles Hobs 19
Joseph Hobs 16
Eliza Hobs 15
Hannah Hobs 14
Henry Hobs 14
Emma Hobs 11
Susan Hobs 9
David Hobs 7
Louisa Hobs 7
Maria Hobs 7
Robert Hobs 7
Charlotte Hobs 6
Emily Hobs 6
Martha Hobs 6
Richard Hobs 6

Hobs Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Hobbs 80% 78,187
2 Hobs 100% 742
3 Hobes 80% 148
4 Hoobs 80% 148

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The surname Hobs is the 2nd most popular variant of Hobbs.

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