The Hobe surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 147 people carried this name — #118,185 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is down 26% from 198 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 125 people named Hobe.
3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Maine-et-Loire.
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 20 people named Hobe 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 Namur.
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
Hobe in American newspapers,
1910–1927.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 43,871 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hobe.
- Hittinger 260 · U.S. census
- Hittler 133 · U.S. census
- Hitz 1,666 · U.S. census
- Ho 49,817 · U.S. census
- Hoang 29,798 · U.S. census
- Hobart 3,129 · U.S. census
- Hobel 258 · U.S. census
- Hoch 6,095 · U.S. census
- Hochard 179 · U.S. census
- Hochstetter 131 · U.S. census
- Hochstrasser 359 · U.S. census
- Hodan 150 · U.S. census
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