Last Name ROBERT

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Meaning The son of Robert. The influence of this name was enormous. Its chief nicknames were Hob and Dob, whence with diminutives Hobkin, Hopkin, Dobinson, etc. But the most famous diminutive was Robin. Hence Robinsons. It ran a fine race with Richard and Roger, one giving us the nicknames Hick and Dick, the other Hodge and Dodge.
Bright fame.
Origin English, French, Jewish, Dutch, German, Swiss, Irish, Anglo-saxon, Basque, Maltese, Creole, Austrian, Belgian, Hungarian, Malagasy

Rank 2,730 (2000 US census) 2,533 (1990 US census)
Count 12,129 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 74.28%, or 9009 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 16.04%, or 1945 total occurrences, as black,
  • 1.67%, or 203 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.56%, or 68 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.04%, or 247 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 5.4%, or 655 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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