The Cobert surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 413 people carried this name — #50,564 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted. That is down 15% from 488 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 136 people named Cobert.
1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Somme.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 24 people named Cobert live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in East Flanders.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Cobert in American newspapers,
1891–1892.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,972 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Cobert,
with a public archive behind them.
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Henri Cobert 1885–1944 · military personnel
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Robert Cobert 1924–2020 · composer
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Gilles Cobert 1958– · politician
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Harold Cobert 1974– · writer
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cobert.
- Closson 1,928 · U.S. census
- Cloud 14,555 · U.S. census
- Cloutier 7,461 · U.S. census
- Clovis 495 · U.S. census
- Co 2,642 · U.S. census
- Coache 142 · U.S. census
- Cobo 1,210 · U.S. census
- Cobos 4,980 · U.S. census
- Coca 2,162 · U.S. census
- Cocagne 121 · U.S. census
- Cocca 628 · U.S. census
- Cocchi 443 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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