Is There a Kobus Coat of Arms?

Kobus began as a Dutch family name. Smith's 1956 dictionary gives the meaning “descendant of Kobus, a pet form of Jacobus (the supplanter)”. Like many surnames, it grew out of a personal name. Smith also lists Kobusch.

About 1,206 people in the United States were recorded as Kobus in 2010, placing it 21,625 on the national list. That puts it among the top 25,000 US surnames. French birth records list 124 children named Kobus between 1891 and 2000.

There is no single Kobus family crest for all bearers; the honest first step is to find out which Kobus line, if any, bore arms. For the full story, order the Kobus surname pack.