The Lobato surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,047 people carried this name — #8,201 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 73,000 people counted. That is up 29% from 3,132 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 2,582 people named Lobato live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
64 people named Lobato live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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 53 people named Lobato.
22 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Seine-et-Marne.
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 print
Lobato in American newspapers,
1904–1930.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Lobato,
with a public archive behind them.
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Francisco José Rufino de Sousa Lobato 1773–1830 · politician -
Gervásio Lobato 1850–1895 · writer -
Rita Lobato 1866–1954 · writer -
Monteiro Lobato 1882–1948 · writer -
Maria da Pureza Natividade Lobato 1885–1959 -
Max Lobato 1901–1988 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lobato.
- Lloret 337 · U.S. census
- Llosa 187 · U.S. census
- Llovet 155 · U.S. census
- Lloyd 64,202 · U.S. census
- Lluch 164 · U.S. census
- Lo 17,687 · U.S. census
- Lobbestael 238 · U.S. census
- Lobe 433 · U.S. census
- Lobel 1,068 · U.S. census
- Lobert 211 · U.S. census
- Lobo 4,830 · U.S. census
- Lobstein 156 · U.S. census
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