Scobie
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Scottish habitational surname from a lost settlement in Perthshire named with Scottish Gaelic sgolbach (“thorny place”).
Proper noun[edit]
Scobie (plural Scobies)
- A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Scobie is the 41038th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 531 individuals. Scobie is most common among White (90.4%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Scobie”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.