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The Bobb surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,552 people carried this name — #9,184 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 83,300 people counted. That is up 5% from 3,389 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Bobb surname

Variant of Bubb or Bopp.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bobb» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 70 people named Bobb live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 55
La Pampa 15

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 63 people named Bobb.

3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 3
Bas-Rhin 22
Pas-de-Calais 21
Paris 4
Meurthe-et-Moselle 4
Ain 3
Nord 3
Haute-Savoie 1
Loire-Atlantique 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

Who carried it

People named Bobb,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Edward Vivian Bobb
    Edward Vivian Bobb 1902–1974 · military personnel
  • Edward Vivian Bobb
    Edward Vivian Bobb 1902–1974 · military personnel
  • Edward Vivian Bobb
    Edward Vivian Bobb 1902–1974 · military personnel
  • Edward Vivian Bobb
    Edward Vivian Bobb 1902–1974 · military personnel
  • Dwight S. Bobb 1876–1946 · university teacher
  • Sandford Wilson Bobb 1883– · judge

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Bobb is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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