Burbidge Surname

95,823rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,965 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Jersey

Burbidge Surname Definition:

(English) belonging to Burbage or Burbach = the Castle-Brook [Old English burh, a stronghold, castle + bece or boec, a brook] The Leicester Burbage or Burbach occurs in a Latin charter of the Con­fessor’s as Burhbeca.

Burbidge Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,3221:23,9963,322
United States9461:383,14933,798
Australia6451:41,8545,351
Canada5931:62,1347,261
South Africa881:615,65646,403
Wales851:36,4063,615
New Zealand811:55,9058,836
Scotland371:144,6988,671
Northern Ireland361:51,2514,273
France231:2,887,944200,772
Ireland161:294,30910,207
Netherlands121:1,407,26575,423
Zimbabwe111:1,403,47676,064
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
India81:95,883,173728,828
Jersey71:14,1722,872
Belgium71:1,642,37898,400
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Malta11:430,2723,380
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland491:90,4056,033
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England9981:24,4243,382
Wales151:104,5614,503
Scotland61:623,86916,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States811:619,98441,330

Burbidge Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) belonging to Burbage or Burbach = the Castle-Brook [Old English burh, a stronghold, castle + bece or boec, a brook] The Leicester Burbage or Burbach occurs in a Latin charter of the Con­fessor’s as Burhbeca.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From Burbage; a location name in Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Wiltshire.

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

The Burbidges from Burbage, either in Leicestershire or Wilts; the Elkingtons from Northamptonshire, and others.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Burbidge Last Name Facts

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

Burbidge is found in England more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Burbidge? popularity and diffusion

The surname Burbidge is the 95,823rd most frequently used surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,467,784 people. The last name Burbidge is primarily found in Europe, where 52 percent of Burbidge reside; 51 percent reside in Northern Europe and 50 percent reside in British Isles.

The last name is most frequently held in England, where it is borne by 2,322 people, or 1 in 23,996. In England Burbidge is most prevalent in: Greater London, where 13 percent live, Dorset, where 8 percent live and Leicestershire, where 7 percent live. Besides England it exists in 42 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 19 percent live and Australia, where 13 percent live.

Burbidge Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Burbidge has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Burbidge last name rose 233 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 1,168 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it rose 567 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 617 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 67 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Burbidge Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Catholic (92%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Burbidge surname are 4.51% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 51.28% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Burbidge earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 3.33% more than the national average, earning R 245,556 per year; in United States they earn 7.35% more than the national average, earning $46,322 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.35% more than the national average, earning $49,858 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Buerbidge941/
Burbige9382/
Borbidge8889/
Burbedge8844/
Burbideh881/
Burbida808/
Burbege800/
Burrbice752/
Burbedes751/
Borzbide751/
Burzbedeh711/
Burbeza67192/
Burwise6737/
Borbida671/
Borbede671/
Burweger6325/
Bourbiza633/
Bouruise631/
Buruhize631/
Vurbeddi503/

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