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    The surname Jobe

    A surname, carried by 8,536 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex J100

    Jobe: #4,151 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Jobe #4,151, 8,536 people Jobe: #4,151 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Jobe #4,151, 8,536 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Jobe is more common than 97.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 8,536 people named Jobe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,170 Americans. That is up 7.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,977.

    #4,151
    rank among US surnames
    8,536
    people in 2010
    2.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7%
    change since 2000 (was #4,115)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,142Vetter8,55036,111
    #4,143Meneses8,54836,119
    #4,145Trice8,54636,127
    #4,146McCallister8,54536,132
    #4,147Koss8,54436,136
    #4,149Burley8,54236,144
    #4,150Fries8,54036,153

    Who is named Jobe

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

    82% of people named Jobe identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 82%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Jobes

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Kari Jobe
      American contemporary Christian music artist, born 1981

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Jobe

    Jobe has the Soundex code J100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J100.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Jobe?
    8,536 people in the United States had the surname Jobe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,170 Americans. It ranked 4,151st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Jobe?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Jobe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Jobe?
    Kari Jobe, American contemporary Christian music artist.
    Where is the surname Jobe most common?
    Wikidata records people named Jobe in the United States.
    Is the surname Jobe getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,977 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,536 in 2010, up 7.0%.