Cambridge Surname

67,191st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,409 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Cambridge Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Cambridge,' the well-known University and capital town of the county of that name.

Johannes de Cambrege, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

1729. Married — Abraham Cambridge and Millicant Tidman: St.

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Cambridge Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,2301:162,53816,540
England1,9931:27,9573,784
Canada3581:102,92111,137
Australia3311:81,5589,472
Guyana2941:2,593475
Ecuador2911:54,6594,901
Trinidad and Tobago2701:5,052817
Bahamas2251:1,741287
Malawi1571:109,03912,664
Ireland1531:30,7772,695
Scotland1501:35,6923,478
New Zealand1311:34,5675,960
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1221:923203
Jamaica1141:25,1752,010
Suriname891:6,2091,452
Grenada801:1,357253
Venezuela621:487,1639,407
Wales481:64,4695,713
South Africa461:1,177,77667,773
Netherlands421:402,07642,431
Northern Ireland381:48,5544,148
Nigeria231:7,701,859170,290
India221:34,866,608408,224
Pakistan131:13,741,83758,392
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Spain91:5,194,67182,436
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Israel81:1,069,70462,476
Panama61:652,04310,051
China51:273,464,31313,838
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
France51:13,284,544357,392
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Algeria31:12,877,18484,902
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland951:46,6304,041
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England8471:28,7783,891
Scotland551:68,0584,042
Wales151:104,5614,503
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2931:171,39515,445

Cambridge (429) may also be a first name.

Cambridge Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Cambridge,' the well-known University and capital town of the county of that name.

Johannes de Cambrege, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

1729. Married — Abraham Cambridge and Millicant Tidman: St. Antholin (London).

1760. — John Cambridge and Flora Marlow: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

Belonging to Cambridge, the Anglo-Saxon name of which was Grantabrycg = the Bridge over the Granta [Old English brycg]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

With the prefix Mac this is Mac Ambróis, of Scottish origin and found mainly in north-east Ulster; without the prefix it is usually an English toponymic. It is occasionally changed to Chambers. SIF 27

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

The town and university. In the Highlands of Scotland they have a Mae Cambridge. In England the 'sons of Cambridge ' are innumerable.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Cambridge Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cambridge is most common in The United States. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cambridge? popularity and diffusion

The surname Cambridge is the 67,191st most commonly held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 983,607 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 56 percent of Cambridge are found; 35 percent are found in North America and 34 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Cambridge is also the 414,511th most frequent first name internationally, held by 429 people.

The surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 2,230 people, or 1 in 162,538. In The United States Cambridge is primarily found in: New York, where 20 percent are found, Florida, where 14 percent are found and California, where 8 percent are found. Besides The United States this surname occurs in 70 countries. It also occurs in England, where 27 percent are found and Canada, where 5 percent are found.

Cambridge Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Cambridge has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Cambridge surname expanded 761 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 235 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it expanded 161 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 273 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 320 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Cambridge Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Anglican (37%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Cambridge surname are 3.63% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 56.86% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Cambridge earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 166.8% more than the national average, earning R 634,008 per year; in United States they earn 1.31% more than the national average, earning $43,715 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.72% less than the national average, earning $44,356 CAD per year.

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Cambridge Reference & Research

McCambridge DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

McCambridge FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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