Find out how popular the last name Shobe is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Shobe.

Shobe, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Shobe surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Shobe in America

Shobe is the 17193rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Shobe surname appeared 1,647 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Shobe.

We can also compare 2010 data for Shobe to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Shobe

The surname SHOBE is believed to have originated in Germany, possibly in the 16th or 17th century. It is thought to be derived from the German word "Schober," which means a stack or heap of hay or grain. This suggests that the name may have been given to someone who worked as a farmer or lived near a haystack.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in the town of Schönberg, located in the state of Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany. Historical records from the late 17th century mention a family with the name Schober living in this area, which could be an older spelling or variation of the name SHOBE.

In the 19th century, there are records of individuals with the surname SHOBE living in various parts of Germany, including the regions of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg. One notable person from this time was Friedrich Shobe, a German philosopher and writer who was born in 1820 and died in 1892.

As German immigrants began to settle in other parts of the world, the name SHOBE spread to different countries. In the United States, one of the earliest recorded individuals with this surname was Johann Shobe, who was born in Germany in 1795 and emigrated to Pennsylvania in the early 1800s.

Another notable figure with the name SHOBE was Robert Shobe, an American businessman who lived from 1876 to 1945. He founded the Shobe Lumber Company in North Carolina, which became one of the largest lumber businesses in the southeastern United States.

In the United Kingdom, there are records of individuals with the surname SHOBE dating back to the late 18th century. One example is William Shobe, an English painter who was born in 1767 and is known for his portraits and landscape paintings.

Elsewhere in Europe, the name SHOBE can be found in countries such as France and the Netherlands, likely due to the migration of German families over the centuries. In the Netherlands, for instance, there was a Dutch artist named Jan Shobe who lived from 1885 to 1962 and was known for his impressionist-style paintings.

While the surname SHOBE is not as common as some other surnames, it has a long and interesting history that can be traced back to its German roots and the meaning associated with farming and agriculture.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Shobe

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Shobe.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Shobe was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Shobe has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Shobe was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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