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    The surname Fobbs

    A surname, carried by 1,317 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex F120

    Fobbs: #20,227 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Fobbs #20,227, 1,317 people Fobbs: #20,227 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Fobbs #20,227, 1,317 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fobbs is more common than 87.5% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of Forbes.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,317 people named Fobbs in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 234,431 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,310.

    #20,227
    rank among US surnames
    1,317
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.5%
    change since 2000 (was #19,174)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,227Falter1,317234,431
    #20,232Musil1,316234,609

    Who is named Fobbs

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

    90% of people named Fobbs identified as Black (not Hispanic), 3.5% as two or more races and 3.4% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Two or more races 3.5%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Fobbs come from?
    Variant of Forbes.
    How common is the surname Fobbs?
    1,317 people in the United States had the surname Fobbs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 234,431 Americans. It ranked 20,227th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fobbs?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Fobbs identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Fobbs getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,310 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,317 in 2010, up 0.5%.