Cambourn Surname

2,168,711th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 76 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Cambourn Surname Definition:

CAMBORNE: From Camborne, a town and parish in Penwith hundred, which Hals renders "a crooked or arched burne or well." Pryce translates Cambourne, Cambron, crooked well or crooked hill (cam-bourne, cam-bron).

Cambourn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia731:369,80430,692
New Zealand31:1,509,44147,971
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:2,031,28160,933
Wales41:392,10412,338
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Cambourn Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

CAMBORNE: From Camborne, a town and parish in Penwith hundred, which Hals renders "a crooked or arched burne or well." Pryce translates Cambourne, Cambron, crooked well or crooked hill (cam-bourne, cam-bron).

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Cambourn Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cambourn is most common in Australia. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cambourn? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,168,711th most frequent surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 95,888,762 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 100 percent of Cambourn are found; 100 percent are found in Australasia and 100 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

This surname is most widely held in Australia, where it is held by 73 people, or 1 in 369,804. In Australia Cambourn is mostly found in: New South Wales, where 81 percent reside, Queensland, where 18 percent reside and South Australia, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Australia it occurs in one country. It also occurs in New Zealand, where 4 percent reside.

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