Hobbins

English

Etymology

From a medieval double diminutive form of the given name Robert + the patronymic suffix -s.

Proper noun

Hobbins (plural Hobbinses)

1. A surname transferred from the given name.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hobbins is the 36838^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 606 individuals. Hobbins is most common among White (93.4%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hobbins”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 184.

Anagrams

• nobbish