# Lobo (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,830 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,943 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 63,922 people |
| Change since 2000 | +45% (3,325 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lobo 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) | 20% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 50% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 21% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 3.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lobo in Brazil, Honduras, the United States and Argentina.

## People named Lobo

- Porfirio Lobo Sosa, 37th President of Honduras (2010–2014)
- Ricardo Lobo, Brazilian association football player
- Rebecca Lobo, American basketball player (born 1973)
- Edu Lobo, Brazilian singer
- Luis Lobo, Argentine tennis player
- Alex Sandro, Brazilian footballer (born 1991)

## Similar surnames

Loeb, Lebo, Lobb, Lobue, Looby, Loop, Lovo, Love, Levy, Leyva, Libby, Lavoie.

## 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.