The Kobus surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,206 people carried this name — #21,625 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 243,900 people counted. That is up 4% from 1,156 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Kobus surname
From kobuz (“Falco subbuteo”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Kobus» (Polish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
6,694 people named Kobus have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 7,361 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 56 people named Kobus.
16 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Paris.
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 the Nordic population registers
25 people named Kobus is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Kobus,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jan Derk Kobus 1856–1910 · botanist -
Arthur Kobus 1879–1945 · military personnel
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August Kobus 1900–1946 · politician
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Józef Kobus 1924–2004 · university teacher
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Andrzej Kobus 1930–2025 · engineer
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Kazimierz Kobus 1938– · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kobus.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Kobus is.
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