Hobza

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/hɑbzə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Hobza is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Czechia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • CZCzechia1 in 23K(measured from records)
  • SKSlovakia1 in 680K
  • USUnited States1 in 2.1M

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.

Czechia (measured from records)

459 people

Sources
42 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 23K (inferred from the name graph)

Czechia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Hobza 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.

Where Hobza is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CZ Czechia4591 in 23K461Hobza42
US United States1591 in 2.1M159Hobza7
CA Canada≈9 est.≈1 in 4.2M—Hobza5
SK Slovakia81 in 680K8Hobza3
BE Belgium11 in 12M1——

459 people counted by MVČR — living population register 2017. 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: MVČR — living population register 2017; KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Hobza is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Hobža

  • Russian surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Хобза

20 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

186018801900192019401960Antonín Hobza, b. 1876Vladimír Hobza, b. 1892Ladislav Hobza, b. 1901Pavel Hobza, b. 1946

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)

FormalDear Hobza,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 10 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Hobza
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CZ CzechiaKdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)—461#3,072
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—459#3,341
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020159#116,252
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010159#110,825
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000145#112,365
SK SlovakiaJÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census)19958—
BE BelgiumFamilienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)20081#206,665
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

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

How do you pronounce Hobza?
A machine transcription gives /hɑbzə/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Hobza have the most bearers?
In Czechia, the national register counted about 459 people named Hobza, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hobza.
Where is Hobza most common?
Hobza is densest in Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 23 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Hobza?
In Czechia, the national register counted 459 people named Hobza, about 1 in 23 thousand residents.

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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, “Hobza”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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