Koba Family History
Koba Name Meaning
Japanese: written 小場 ‘small place’. It is found mostly in the Ryūkyū Islands. Another rarer version is 木庭 or 木場 ‘tree garden’. Polish Ukrainian Rusyn and Slovak: from a pet form of the personal name Jakob a dialect or old variant of Jakub (see Jacob compare Kuba ). Czech: nickname from Old Czech koba ‘raven’. This surname is very rare in Czechia.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022