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    The surname Scobie

    A Scottish Gaelic place surname, carried by 531 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S100

    Scobie: #41,038 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Scobie #41,038, 531 people Scobie: #41,038 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Scobie #41,038, 531 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Scobie is more common than 74.7% of them.

    Origin

    Scottish Gaelic origin

    Scottish habitational surname from a lost settlement in Perthshire named with Scottish Gaelic sgolbach (“thorny place”).

    Scobie is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 531 people named Scobie in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 581,442 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 525.

    #41,038
    rank among US surnames
    531
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.1%
    change since 2000 (was #39,444)

    Who is named Scobie

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

    90% of people named Scobie identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Scobies

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ronald Scobie
      British Army general (1893–1969)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Scobie

    Scobie has the Soundex code S100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S100.

    Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

    All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Scobie come from?
    Scottish habitational surname from a lost settlement in Perthshire named with Scottish Gaelic sgolbach (“thorny place”).
    How common is the surname Scobie?
    531 people in the United States had the surname Scobie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 581,442 Americans. It ranked 41,038th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Scobie?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Scobie identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Scobie?
    Ronald Scobie, British Army general (1893–1969).
    Where is the surname Scobie most common?
    Wikidata records people named Scobie in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
    What type of surname is Scobie?
    Scobie is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Scobie getting more or less common?
    More common. 525 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 531 in 2010, up 1.1%.