The fobes Surname

fobes Name Meaning and History

Variant of Scottish Forbes.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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The fobes name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the fobes family name as far back in history as possible.

fobes Family Facts

Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

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Distribution of fobes Families in the US in 1920

Number of fobes families

23-43

8-22

1-7

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Thread	Author	Replies
New Fobes Mailing List	VReckert	2
Willliam & Thankful Fobes, John and Edward Fobes	amyandgary99	2
Death of Ms. Florence Vesta Fobes in China	davwayell	0
DNA	Donald H. Forbes	0
John & Constant (Mitchell) Fobes	Rick_in_Indy	2
Nathan Fobes	tagesen	0
eliza olds fobes	ann kresovich	4
Edwin Fobes (19th C)	j	1
Anne Fobes m Benjamin Stone	Stephen Ferriss	0
Charles Miller Fobes, Ohio	Diana Fitzsimons	2

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