Gobert surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Gobert surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,827 people carried this name — #15,907 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 161,300 people counted. That is up 14% from 1,599 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 3,233 people named Gobert.

94 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 86 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 94
Pas-de-Calais 438
Nord 432
Paris 313
Meurthe-et-Moselle 286
Marne 192
Oise 180
Ardennes 150
Aisne 150

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 1,670 people named Gobert 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 Hainaut.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Hainaut 871
Namur 270
Luxembourg Province 185
West Flanders 117
Liège 75
Walloon Brabant 70
Brussels-Capital 35
Flemish Brabant 25

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

36 people named Gobert live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Neuchâtel.

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

Where they live today

Neuchâtel 13
Geneva 8
Vaud 7
Valais 5
Fribourg 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

Who carried it

People named Gobert,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jacques Nicolas Gobert
    Jacques Nicolas Gobert 1760–1808 · military officer
  • Théodore Gobert
    Théodore Gobert 1853–1933 · historian
  • Renée Gobert d. 1945
  • Thomas Gobert 1630–1708 · engineer
  • Thomas Gobert 1640–1708 · engineer
  • Pierre Gobert 1662–1744 · painter

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

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