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Origin Of The Surname Hobson
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Meaning Of The Surname Hobson
Descendant of Hob / Robert
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Interesting
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Hobson
Hobson is a patronymic surname; this is denoted by the suffixed ‘son’. Patronymic surnames were given to pass don the name of the father of a household to his kin. They often took the fathers given name and suffixed a patronymic element such as ‘son’ or ‘kin’. In this case the name being passed down is ‘Hob’, which was a pet form of the popular name Robert. Robert was brought to Britain from Germany by invading Normans. |
Hobson Statistics
Hobson is the number 1308 ranked surname in the United Kingdom.
According to our statistics around 7,944 share the surname Hobson in the UK.
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