# Hobart (surname)

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

A patronymic English surname transferred from the given name derived from a variant of Hubert.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,129 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,298 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 98,672 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.6% (3,080 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhəʊbɑːt/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hobart 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hobart in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Hobart

- Percy Hobart, British Army general (1885–1957)
- Rose Hobart, American actress (1906–2000)
- John Sloss Hobart, American statesman (1738-1805)
- Augustus Charles Hobart-Hampden, British admiral (1822-1886)

## Similar surnames

Hubbard, Hebert, Hubert, Hibbard, Hibbert, Hufford, Havard, Hiebert, Hubbert, Hepworth, Hoffert, Hayford.

## 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.