How common is the surname Kobus?

1,206 people in the United States had the surname Kobus in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 256,008 Americans. It ranked 21,625th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kobus?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kobus identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Kobus getting more or less common?

More common. 1,156 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,206 in 2010, up 4.3%.

The surname Kobus

A surname, carried by 1,206 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K120

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kobus is more common than 86.7% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,206 people named Kobus in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 256,008 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,156.

#21,625

rank among US surnames

1,206

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+4.3%

change since 2000 (was #21,156)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#21,625	Rathke	1,206	256,008
#21,633	Nakai	1,205	256,220

Who is named Kobus

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

95% of people named Kobus identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Kobus

Kobayashi

Kobus has the Soundex code K120, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K120.

Questions

How common is the surname Kobus?: 1,206 people in the United States had the surname Kobus in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 256,008 Americans. It ranked 21,625th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kobus?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kobus identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Kobus getting more or less common?: More common. 1,156 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,206 in 2010, up 4.3%.