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Kober Surname Meaning

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from a shortened derivative of the personal name Jakob (see Jacob). German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Middle High German kober German Kober ‘basket’ hence a metonymic occupational name for a basket maker or perhaps a nickname for someone who carried a basket on his back.

German (Köber): habitational name for someone from a place called Köben near Breslau (Polish name Wrocław) Silesia (Poland). Germanized form of Czech Kovář (see Kovar) ‘smith’ or a cognate in another West Slavic language.

Czech: nickname from Old Czech kober ‘thin cloak’ or from its dialect homonym meaning ‘basket’ (see 2 above).

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

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Between 1944 and 2004, in the United States, Kober life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1944, and highest in 1996. The average life expectancy for Kober in 1944 was 25, and 81 in 2004.

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