Last name: COBB
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COBB : This last name is indexed 194,311 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
COBB : 1: English and Scottish (Angus): from the Middle English byname or personal name Cobbe Cobba or its Old Norse cognate Kobbi which are probably from an element meaning ‘lump’ used to denote a large man.2: Irish: shortened form of McCobb a patronymic from the personal name Hob an English pet form of Robert.
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