Where Does the Coble Surname Come From?

Written in a baptism entry or a ship's list, Coble usually leads back to Cobb. The family name meaning is “From the Old Norse name Kobbi, or "lump"”, the same as for Cobb.

Heraldry and the Coble name

There is no single Coble family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were.

A variant of Cobb

Coble is listed among the recognised spellings of Cobb. The same family of names includes Cobbe, Cob and Cobbs.

The 2010 US Census counted 9,204 people named Coble, ranking it number 3,846 among American surnames. That puts it inside the top 5,000 US surnames. Get the complete Coble report, with a museum-style coat of arms.