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:Robert surname distributionNotable people with the surname
* Alain Robert, French rock and urban climber * Dominique Robert (born 1957), Canadian writer * Dominique Robert (politician) (1952–2025), French politician * Hubert Robert, French painter * Jeanne Robert (1914–2017), French Resistance member * Laurent Robert, French footballer * Louise Robert (born 1941), Canadian painter * Léo-Paul Robert, Swiss painter * Louis-Léopold Robert, Swiss painter * Luis Robert, Cuban baseball outfielder for the Chicago White Sox * Mireille Robert (born 1963), French politician * Rene Robert, 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 * Stéphane Robert (linguist) (fl. 1989–present), French linguistSee also
* Roberts (surname)References
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