Last Name ROBB

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Meaning The son of Robert, from the nickname Rob. The favourite nicknames were Hob and Dob. The patronymics of the tree are Robson, Hobson, and Dobson.
Origin English, Scottish, Jewish, Dutch, Irish, Belgian, South african, Hungarian

Rank 2,460 (2000 US census) 2,652 (1990 US census)
Count 13,455 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 91.22%, or 12274 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 5.25%, or 706 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.39%, or 52 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.39%, or 52 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.26%, or 170 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.49%, or 200 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Shortest baby names

 We analyzed the first names reported in the United States starting from the year 1880. There were no one character names. We did find 10 two character names.

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Ukrainian middle names

 Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

Shortest last names

 The 2000 USA census contains no surnames with ONE character. The shortest last names there have at least two characters in them. We found 175 of those. It does not mean that a one character name does not exist. The census data only contain surnames that occurred at lea...

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