Kobe Family History
- Kobe Name Meaning
- Japanese (Kobe): habitational name which began as occupational, meaning the private residence of a chief priest of a Shinto shrine; it could also indicate others who lived near his residence. The name is mostly found in eastern Japan, but because of the importance of the western port city of Kobe, some emigrants from the city may have taken their surnames from it. More correctly pronounced Kanbe; other alternate pronunciations are Jinbe and Kamito. German, Slovenian, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from a pet form of the personal name Jakob.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 26,066 Historical Documents with Kobe on Ancestry
- 11,546 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 3,522 Census and Voter Lists
- 5,568 Military Records
- 1,082 Immigration Records
- 4,348 Member Trees
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Number of Kobe families
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from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Kobe census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from 1880 Federal Census Data
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