# Cobb (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/cobb/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 65,125 |
| US rank (2010) | 514 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 4,741 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.2% (63,739 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cobb in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 70% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 25% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cobb in the United States and Confederate States of America.

## People named Cobb

- Lee J. Cobb, American actor (1911–1976)
- Ty Cobb, American baseball player (1886–1961)
- Jimmy Cobb, American jazz drummer (1929–2020)
- Geraldyn M. Cobb, American aviator (1931-2019)
- Irvin S. Cobb, American writer (1876-1944)
- Kim M. Cobb, American climate scientist and academic (1974-)
- Howell Cobb, American politician (1815–1868)
- Joe Cobb, American actor (1916–2002)
- Randall Cobb, American boxer and actor
- Ron Cobb, American cartoonist (1937-2020)
- Nathan Cobb, American nematologist (1859-1932)
- John B. Cobb, American theologian (1925–2024)

and 19 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Cobo, Coby, Coffey, Cope, Chapa, Covey, Cave, Cupp, Coffee, Chaffee, Cueva, Copp.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.