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 last name Cambourn is found in Australia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Cambourn.

How Common Is The Last Name Cambourn? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,168,711th most numerous last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 95,888,762 people. This last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 100 percent of Cambourn live; 100 percent live in Australasia and 100 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Australia, where it is carried by 73 people, or 1 in 369,804. In Australia Cambourn is most frequent in: New South Wales, where 81 percent reside, Queensland, where 18 percent reside and South Australia, where 1 percent reside. Apart from Australia this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in New Zealand, where 4 percent reside.

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