as a Last Name
- 72,538
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Cobb
Meaning & Origins
English (mainly Dorset; also East Anglia): 1. from the Middle English byname or personal name Cobbe, Cobba, or its Old Norse cognate Kobbi, which are probably from an element meaning ‘lump’, used to denote a large man. 2. from a reduced form of Jacob.
| 454th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 72,538
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Alabama
- has the most people named Cobb per capita
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