Dobb is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Dobb
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Dobb

How popular is Dobb?

Dobb is ranked 262797 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Dobbs plummeted by 15.18625 per cent to 296 since 2000 and slipped by 11630 spots and ranked at 66754. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.93 87.97
Black 3.38 8.02
Dobb is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in England which may be its originating country too. Around 1193 people have been found who wears Dobb as their family name. Dobb is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
119,730 Brazil3
219,873 France2
15,162 Costa Rica1
1,704,541 India1
18,969 Wales1
7,292 Vietnam1
492,292 Ukraine1
120,357 Argentina1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
17,768 Pakistan1
118,015 Netherlands1
153,416 Italy1
14,644 Tunisia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
18,457 Scotland20
22,809 New Zealand19
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
35,452 Canada92
Countries with hundreds of Dobb:
11,889 England516
60,738 United States419
22,169 Australia111

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 26 years old workman Thomas Dobb who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on May 2, 1851 by Ashland put out from Liverpool.

Dobb Namesakes

  • Joshua Dobbs, Football quarterback
  • Bobby Dobbs, Football player
  • Andrzej Dobber, Musical Artist
  • Anneliese Dobbertin, Actor
  • John Dobbie, Actor
  • Michael Dobbs, American author
  • Lou Dobbs, Television Personality
  • Bennie E. Dobbins, Actor
  • Bobby Dobbs, Football player
  • Brannon Dobbs Ingram, Lindsay Utz's husband

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