Last Name BOBBY

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Meaning	Local: Of Boby. Bob is almost unknown as a nickname of Robert in the surname period. Hob was the household nickname all over country. Probbaly Bob came into fashion among the 'upper ten' later on, just as Jane took the place of Joan in aristocratic circles, when every kitchen wench was called by the latter form.

Origin	English, Irish, Hungarian

Rank	24,406 (2000 US census)	18,799 (1990 US census)

Count	961 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

79.92%, or 768 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
11.03%, or 106 total occurrences, as black,
1.66%, or 16 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
4.47%, or 43 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.87%, or 18 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.04%, or 10 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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