Antrobus Surname

146,813th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,018 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Antrobus Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Antrobus,' a township in the parish of Great Budworth, Cheshire. Apart from the well-known family of that name and place, many Antrobus's may be seen in the Lancashire, and Cheshire directories.

Read More About This Surname

Antrobus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,4241:39,1285,069
United States7461:485,87041,063
Canada1881:195,98719,219
Australia1601:168,72317,330
South Africa1341:404,31135,545
Wales1211:25,5752,657
Barbados701:4,106526
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines391:2,889474
New Zealand331:137,22216,302
Brazil181:11,893,018236,958
Scotland141:382,41616,471
Trinidad and Tobago121:113,6657,200
Guyana91:84,6916,279
Northern Ireland81:230,63010,839
Norway61:857,04855,549
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
France31:22,140,907385,998
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Belize11:355,4743,977
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5911:41,2445,206
Wales31:522,80514,314
Isle of Man31:18,0901,402
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States871:577,22639,167

Antrobus Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Antrobus,' a township in the parish of Great Budworth, Cheshire. Apart from the well-known family of that name and place, many Antrobus's may be seen in the Lancashire, and Cheshire directories. They may represent junior branches of centuries ago or separate stocks. This surname has crossed the Atlantic.

1600-1. Thomas Antrobus, ca. Cumb.: Register of the University of Oxford.

William Antrobus, of Over Peover, 1506: Wills at Chester.

Henry Antrobus, of Knutsford, 1620: ibid.

1635. Joan Antrobuss 'imbarqued in the Planter' for New England: Hotten's Emigrants.

1600. George Antrobus and Anna Franklin: Marriage Lic. (Westminster).

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(French-Latin + French-Teut.) belonging to Antrubus (Chesh.), the Domesday Entre- bus=Among or Amid the Woods. [Old French entre, Latin inter, among + O.F. bus, busc (French bois), a wood; O.H. Ger. busc, a bush, wood].

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Place Name in Cheshire, England.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

A township in Cheshire, the original residence of the family, sold by them temp. Hen. VI., but repurchased in 1808, by Sir Edm. Antrobus.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Cheshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Antrobus Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Antrobus Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Antrobus is more commonly found in England than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Antrobus click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Antrobus? popularity and diffusion

The last name Antrobus is the 146,813th most frequently held last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 2,414,694 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 53 percent of Antrobus are found; 52 percent are found in Northern Europe and 52 percent are found in British Isles.

Antrobus is most prevalent in England, where it is borne by 1,424 people, or 1 in 39,128. In England it is primarily found in: Cheshire, where 26 percent reside, Greater Manchester, where 10 percent reside and Merseyside, where 9 percent reside. Excluding England this last name is found in 35 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 25 percent reside and Canada, where 6 percent reside.

Antrobus Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Antrobus has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name increased 241 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 857 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 4,033 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Antrobus Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Antrobus surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Antrobus last name are 24.34% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 71.11% registered with the political party.

The amount Antrobus earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 142.27% more than the national average, earning R 575,736 per year; in United States they earn 4.9% less than the national average, earning $41,036 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.41% more than the national average, earning $50,878 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Antrobus
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis