Robb
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from the male personal name Rob, shortened form of Robert
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɹɑb/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Robb is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 7.3K(inferred from the name graph)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 9.9K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 11K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 431 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 7.3K (inferred from the name graph)
13,402 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
New Zealand, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from the male personal name Rob, shortened form of Robert
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Robb counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 13,402 | 1 in 25K | 13K | Robb | 431 |
| GB United Kingdom | #970 | ≈6,200 est. | ≈1 in 11K | 4.4K | Robb | 213 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈2,900 est. | ≈1 in 13K | 1 | Robb | 193 |
| AU Australia | #961 | ≈2,600 est. | ≈1 in 9.9K | 1 | Robb | 176 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈1,800 est. | ≈1 in 35K | — | Robb | 17 |
| NZ New Zealand | #565 | ≈670 est. | ≈1 in 7.3K | — | Robb | 97 |
| IS Iceland | — | ≈25 est. | ≈1 in 14K | 1 | — | — |
13,402 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Robb is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, pet-form of Robert; first attested Robe coccus 1196 P (W)
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In English, A surname originating as a patronymic.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, Charles Spittal, US politician
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In enm, diminutive of Robert
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Norwegian Bokmål, imperative of robbe
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Alfred Robbb. 1873GBBritish physicist (1873–1936)
- Muriel Robbb. 1878GBEnglish tennis player (1878–1907)
- Roger Robbb. 1907USUnited States federal judge (1907-1985)
- Chuck Robbb. 1939USAmerican politician and United States Marine
- Lynda Bird Johnson Robbb. 1944USAmerican businesswoman and philanthropist (born 1944)
- David Robbb. 1947GBBritish actor
- Andrew Robbb. 1951AUAustralian politician
- John Robbb. 1961GBBritish musician and journalist
- Doug Robbb. 1975USAmerican musician
- AnnaSophia Robbb. 1993USAmerican actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 36 sources across 20 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 13K | #2,460 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 13K | #2,686 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 13K | #2,730 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 4.4K | #1,804 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Robb mean, and where does it come from?
- from the male personal name Rob, shortened form of Robert Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- How do you pronounce Robb?
- A machine transcription gives /ɹɑb/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Robb have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 13 thousand people named Robb, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled robb.
- How common is the name Robb?
- In the United States, the national register counted 13,402 people named Robb in 2010, about 1 in 25 thousand residents.
- How common is Robb compared with other names?
- In New Zealand, Robb is the 565th most common surname of 87,225 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/robbThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Robb” — the 565th most common surname in New Zealand. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.