About the Robers Surname

Not every Robers is related, but the name itself grew out of Roberts. Read literally, Robers points to “Son of Robert, "bright fame"”.

A variant of Roberts

Robers is listed among the recognised spellings of Roberts. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. The same family of names includes Robberts, Robertus and Robertes.

Robers by the numbers

Robers ranked 47,878 in the 2010 US Census, with 442 people answering to the name. It sits within the 50,000 most common last names in the country.

Heraldry and the Robers name

Arms linked to Roberts and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

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