How common is the surname Kober?

2,826 people in the United States had the surname Kober in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,252 Americans. It ranked 11,189th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kober?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kober identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kober?

Alice Kober, American classical scholar (1906-1950), followed by Jeff Kober.

Where is the surname Kober most common?

Wikidata records people named Kober in the United States, Germany and Austria.

Is the surname Kober getting more or less common?

More common. 2,260 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,826 in 2010, up 25%.

The surname Kober

A German surname, carried by 2,826 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K160

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kober is more common than 93.1% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Kober.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,826 people named Kober in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 109,252 Americans. That is up 25% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,260.

#11,189

rank among US surnames

2,826

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+25%

change since 2000 (was #12,571)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,183	Bruhn	2,828	109,175
#11,185	Olague	2,827	109,213
#11,189	Linde	2,826	109,252
#11,193	Boman	2,825	109,290
#11,196	Nally	2,824	109,329
#11,197	Domingues	2,823	109,368

Who is named Kober

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

94% of people named Kober identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Two or more races 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kobers

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alice Kober
American classical scholar (1906-1950)
Jeff Kober
American actor (born 1953)
Sebastian Köber
Boxer, born 1979
Theodor Kober
Aircraft builder (1865-1930)
Leopold Kober
Austrian geologist (1883–1970)

Notable Kobers come mostly from the United States (2), Germany (2) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Cober

Kober has the Soundex code K160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K160.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kober come from?: Borrowed from German Kober.
How common is the surname Kober?: 2,826 people in the United States had the surname Kober in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,252 Americans. It ranked 11,189th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kober?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kober identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kober?: Alice Kober, American classical scholar (1906-1950), followed by Jeff Kober.
Where is the surname Kober most common?: Wikidata records people named Kober in the United States, Germany and Austria.
Is the surname Kober getting more or less common?: More common. 2,260 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,826 in 2010, up 25%.
What are other spellings of Kober?: Cober.