Bambery Surname

678,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 439 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Bambery Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Banbury,' a well known town in Oxfordshire.

Thomas de Banneburi, Huntingdonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Edmunde de Bannebur, Oxfordshire ibid.

William de Bannebir, Oxfordshire, ibid.

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Bambery Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1891:1,917,772124,288
Australia1111:243,20522,593
New Zealand771:58,8099,204
England321:1,741,18971,393
Scotland151:356,92115,763
Jamaica71:409,9929,090
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Cuba21:5,761,35813,825
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland91:492,20716,355
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England231:1,059,79941,508
Scotland91:415,91311,811
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

Bambery Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Banbury,' a well known town in Oxfordshire.

Thomas de Banneburi, Huntingdonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Edmunde de Bannebur, Oxfordshire ibid.

William de Bannebir, Oxfordshire, ibid.

1591. Edward Banberye, Middlesex: Register of the University of Oxford.

1619. Thomas Bunburie, or Banbury, Kent: ibid.. But see Bunbury.

1765. Married — Joseph Powell and Mary Banbury: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

James Banbury, a Scotsman, had a safe conduct into England, 1426 (Bain, IV, 990). Probably from the town of Banbury in Oxfordshire.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(English) 1 belonging to Bambrough or Bamburgh (Northumberland) = Bebba’s Strong-hold. [Anglo-Saxon Bebban-burh-Bebban-, genit. of Bebba + burh, a fortified place] 2 Dweller at the Tree-Hill. [Old English beám, a tree + beorh, a hill] 3 confused with Banbury, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A town in Oxfordshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Bambery Last Name Facts

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

Bambery (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻤﺒﺮﻱ) occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bambery? popularity and diffusion

It is the 678,631st most commonly used family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 16,600,332 people. The last name Bambery occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 44 percent of Bambery are found; 43 percent are found in Australasia and 43 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

The surname Bambery is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 189 people, or 1 in 1,917,772. In The United States Bambery is primarily concentrated in: Massachusetts, where 17 percent reside, Minnesota, where 11 percent reside and California, where 11 percent reside. Apart from The United States this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 25 percent reside and New Zealand, where 18 percent reside.

Bambery Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Bambery has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Bambery surname expanded 1,181 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 139 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 167 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bambery Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Bambery surname is principally Catholic (67%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Bambery last name are 6.17% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 52.94% registered to vote for the party.

Bambery earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 19.58% more than the national average, earning $51,598 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Bambery Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bambery in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺑﻤﺒﺮﻱbmbry-

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