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    The surname Cobb

    A surname, carried by 65,125 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex C100

    Cobb: #514 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Cobb #514, 65,125 people Cobb: #514 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott Cobb #514, 65,125 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cobb is more common than 99.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 65,125 people named Cobb in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 4,741 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 63,739.

    #514
    rank among US surnames
    65,125
    people in 2010
    22
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.2%
    change since 2000 (was #472)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #505Floyd66,4544,646
    #506Patton66,2934,657
    #507Ibarra66,0634,674
    #508Ball66,0594,674
    #509Tyler66,0564,674
    #510Suarez66,0134,677
    #511Bowers66,0034,678

    Who is named Cobb

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

    70% of people named Cobb identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Cobbs

    31 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • 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, born 1953
    • Ron Cobb
      American cartoonist (1937-2020)
    • Nathan Cobb
      American nematologist (1859-1932)
    • John B. Cobb
      American theologian (1925–2024)

    Notable Cobbs come mostly from the United States (30) and Confederate States of America (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cobb

    Cobb has the Soundex code C100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C100.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Cobb?
    65,125 people in the United States had the surname Cobb in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,741 Americans. It ranked 514th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cobb?
    In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Cobb identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Cobb?
    Lee J. Cobb, American actor (1911–1976), followed by Ty Cobb.
    Where is the surname Cobb most common?
    Wikidata records people named Cobb in the United States and Confederate States of America.
    Is the surname Cobb getting more or less common?
    More common. 63,739 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 65,125 in 2010, up 2.2%.