# Hobbs (surname)

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

A surname originating as a patronymic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 48,522 |
| US rank (2010) | 717 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 6,363 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.8% (47,220 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From a medieval diminutive form of the given name Robert + the patronymic suffix -s.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hobbs 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) | 79% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 16% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

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

## People named Hobbs

- Bill Hobbs, American rower (1949–2020)
- Aleia Hobbs, American sprinter
- Franklin Hobbs, American rower
- Peter Hobbs, American actor (1918–2011)
- Noah Hobbs, British cyclist
- Braydon Hobbs, American basketball player (born 1989)
- Helen Hobbs, American molecular geneticist
- Mary Anne Hobbs, British DJ known for association with dubstep music
- Becky Hobbs, American country singer, songwriter and pianist
- Talbot Hobbs, Australian military general and architect (1864-1938)
- Henry Hobbs, British cyclist (born 2007)

## Similar surnames

Hibbs, Hubbs, Hoopes, Hovis, Hipps, Heaps, Hoops, Hoppes, Hoback, Hypes, Habeck, Hopes.

## 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.