How Many People Have the Last Name Bob?
1,412
people had the surname Bob in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 208,333 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
#19,223
Tied with 5 others
Per 100,000 People
0.48
In 2010
Largest Group
43.3%
Black
Change Since 2000
+15%
+184 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
No single group makes up most people with the surname Bob: 43.3% are non-Hispanic Black and 31.9% are non-Hispanic White. The mix barely changed from 2000: no group's share moved by 2 points or more.
📈 Change Since 2000
Bob grew from 1,228 people in 2000 to 1,412 in 2010 (up 15%), and its rank rose from #20,180 to #19,223.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 1,228 | 1,412 |
| Rank | #20,180 | #19,223 |
| Per 100,000 people | 0.46 | 0.48 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Bob
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Bob: B100
👤 Bob as a First Name
Bob is a first name too: about 36,303 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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