The surname Probert
A patronymic surname, carried by 1,161 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex P616
Origin
From Welsh ap + Roppert (“son of Robert”).
Probert is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,161 people named Probert in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 265,931 Americans. That is down 6.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,247.
Who is named Probert
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
96% of people named Probert identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.2% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 96%
- Two or more races 1.2%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Probert
Probert has the Soundex code P616, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P616.
Questions
- Where does the surname Probert come from?
- From Welsh ap + Roppert (“son of Robert”).
- How common is the surname Probert?
- 1,161 people in the United States had the surname Probert in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 265,931 Americans. It ranked 22,216th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Probert?
- In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Probert identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as two or more races.
- What type of surname is Probert?
- Probert is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
- Is the surname Probert getting more or less common?
- Less common. 1,247 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,161 in 2010, down 6.9%.