Robert

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 27.0% of all known bearers of the surname Robert were residents of France (frequency 1:472), 22.8% of Tanzania (1:434), 10.6% of Nigeria (1:3,177), 6.0% of the United States (1:11,438), 3.7% of Canada (1:1,926), 2.9% of Papua New Guinea (1:534), 2.5% of Malawi (1:1,335), 2.2% of Kenya (1:3,929), 2.1% of Rwanda (1:1,018), 1.9% of Togo (1:721), 1.3% Haiti (1:1,631), 1.2% of Belgium (1:1,822), 1.2% of Liberia (1:722), 1.1% of Sudan (1:6,756) and 1.1% of South Africa (1:9,780).

In France, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:472) in the following regions:

Réunion (1:56)

Collectivity of Saint Martin (1:119)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon (1:337)

Pays de la Loire (1:369)

Brittany (1:378)

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (1:414)

Centre-Val de Loire (1:420)

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (1:432)

Nouvelle-Aquitaine (1:471)

Notable people with the surname

Alain Robert (born 1962), French rock and urban climber

Anny Robert, Nigerian photographer

Dominique Robert (born 1957), Canadian writer

Dominique Robert (politician) (1952–2025), French politician

Faustine Robert (born 1994), French footballer

Hubert Robert (1733–1808), French painter

Jeanne Robert (resistance member) (1914–2017), French Resistance member

Laurent Robert (born 1975), French footballer

Louise Robert (born 1941), Canadian painter

Léo-Paul Robert (1851–1923), Swiss painter

Louis-Léopold Robert (1794–1835), Swiss painter

Luis Robert (born 1997), Cuban baseball outfielder

Maurice Robert (aviator) (1893–1918), French World War I flying ace

Mireille Robert (born 1963), French politician

Rene Robert (1948–2021), National Hockey League forward for the Buffalo Sabres

Robert brothers, Anne-Jean and Nicolas-Louis, French balloonists circa 1783–4, the engineers who built the world's first hydrogen balloon and went on to build the world's first manned hydrogen balloon