# Hobby (surname)

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

An English surname transferred from the given name.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,851 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,122 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 108,294 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.4% (2,839 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hobby 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) | 87% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 9.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hobby in the United States.

## People named Hobby

- Gladys Lounsbury Hobby, American scientist (1910-1993)
- William Pettus Hobby, Sr., American politician; Governor of Texas, 1917-1921
- Matt Hobby, American actor and comedian
- William Pettus Hobby, Jr., American politician; Texas Lieutenant Governor, 1973-1991

## Similar surnames

Huff, Hope, Hoff, Hoppe, Hovey, Hupp, Hipp, Hopp, Hebb, Hove, Hepp, Heap.

## 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.