How common is the surname Lobo?

4,830 people in the United States had the surname Lobo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,922 Americans. It ranked 6,943rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Lobo?

Porfirio Lobo Sosa, 37th President of Honduras (2010–2014), followed by Ricardo Lobo.

Where is the surname Lobo most common?

Wikidata records people named Lobo in Brazil, Honduras and the United States and 1 other country.

Is the surname Lobo getting more or less common?

More common. 3,325 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,830 in 2010, up 45%.

The surname Lobo

A surname, carried by 4,830 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lobo is more common than 95.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,830 people named Lobo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 63,922 Americans. That is up 45% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,325.

#6,943

rank among US surnames

4,830

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+45.3%

change since 2000 (was #9,039)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,936	Rubenstein	4,833	63,883
#6,937	Canas	4,832	63,896
#6,940	Catlin	4,831	63,909
#6,943	Pastrana	4,830	63,922
#6,947	Brockway	4,828	63,949
#6,948	Nez	4,827	63,962

Who is named Lobo

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

50% of people named Lobo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 21% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 20% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 50%
Asian and Pacific Islander 21%
White (not Hispanic) 20%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.9%
Two or more races 3.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Lobos

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Porfirio Lobo Sosa
37th President of Honduras (2010–2014)
Ricardo Lobo
Brazilian association football player, born 1984
Rebecca Lobo
American basketball player (born 1973)
Edu Lobo
Brazilian singer, born 1943
Luis Lobo
Argentine tennis player, born 1970
Alex Sandro
Brazilian footballer (born 1991)

Notable Lobos come mostly from Brazil (3), Honduras (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lobo

Lobo has the Soundex code L100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L100.

Questions

How common is the surname Lobo?: 4,830 people in the United States had the surname Lobo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,922 Americans. It ranked 6,943rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lobo?: In the 2010 Census, 50% of people named Lobo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 21% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Lobo?: Porfirio Lobo Sosa, 37th President of Honduras (2010–2014), followed by Ricardo Lobo.
Where is the surname Lobo most common?: Wikidata records people named Lobo in Brazil, Honduras and the United States and 1 other country.
Is the surname Lobo getting more or less common?: More common. 3,325 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,830 in 2010, up 45%.