How common is the surname Bobbitt?

7,230 people in the United States had the surname Bobbitt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,703 Americans. It ranked 4,873rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Bobbitt?

Sean Bobbitt, American-born British cinematographer, followed by Tony Bobbitt.

Where is the surname Bobbitt most common?

Wikidata records people named Bobbitt in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Bobbitt getting more or less common?

More common. 6,911 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,230 in 2010, up 4.6%.

The surname Bobbitt

A surname, carried by 7,230 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B130

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bobbitt is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

From Bobb + -et.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,230 people named Bobbitt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 42,703 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,911.

#4,873

rank among US surnames

7,230

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+4.6%

change since 2000 (was #4,687)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,865	Falls	7,250	42,586
#4,866	Sachs	7,248	42,597
#4,867	Guan	7,247	42,603
#4,868	Molloy	7,238	42,656
#4,870	Kester	7,237	42,662
#4,871	Harwell	7,234	42,680
#4,872	Knotts	7,232	42,692

Who is named Bobbitt

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

68% of people named Bobbitt identified as white (not Hispanic), 26% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 68%
Black (not Hispanic) 26%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bobbitts

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sean Bobbitt
American-born British cinematographer, born 1958
Tony Bobbitt
American basketball player (born 1979)
Shannon Bobbitt
American basketball player (born 1985)

Notable Bobbitts come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bobbitt

Babbitt

Bobbitt has the Soundex code B130, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B130.

Questions

Where does the surname Bobbitt come from?: From Bobb + -et.
How common is the surname Bobbitt?: 7,230 people in the United States had the surname Bobbitt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,703 Americans. It ranked 4,873rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bobbitt?: In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named Bobbitt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Bobbitt?: Sean Bobbitt, American-born British cinematographer, followed by Tony Bobbitt.
Where is the surname Bobbitt most common?: Wikidata records people named Bobbitt in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Bobbitt getting more or less common?: More common. 6,911 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,230 in 2010, up 4.6%.