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

The Kobi surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 167 people carried this name — #106,570 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is up 14% from 147 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

276 people named Kobi live in Switzerland.

They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Bern 93
Zurich 57
Aargau 28
Vaud 23
Solothurn 21
Basel-Landschaft 14
Thurgau 14
Geneva 7

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.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 82 people named Kobi.

11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Moselle.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 11
Moselle 33
Bas-Rhin 29
Alpes-Maritimes 4
Meurthe-et-Moselle 1
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 1
Haut-Rhin 1
Paris 1
Seine-Saint-Denis 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 Kobi,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Afua Kobi
    Afua Kobi 1815–1900 · ruler
  • Walter Kobi 1912–2000 · politician
  • Marija Kobi 1929–2010 · costume designer
  • Marija Kobi 1929–2010 · costume designer
  • Marija Kobi 1929–2010 · costume designer
  • Liselotte Kobi 1930–2022 · swimmer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

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