Coburn Surname

21,231st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25,682 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Montserrat

Coburn Surname Definition:

An assimilated form 1 of Cockburn: W. Cockburn.

2 of Coleborn, &c., q.v.

Coburn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States18,5741:19,5142,446
England1,8271:30,4974,087
Canada1,7191:21,4342,949
Australia1,2961:20,8302,891
Northern Ireland4061:4,544886
New Zealand4011:11,2931,970
Ireland3831:12,2951,509
Jamaica2691:10,6691,125
Scotland2281:23,4822,624
Wales2201:14,0661,545
South Africa1371:395,45835,012
Germany211:3,833,593163,016
Spain181:2,597,33559,996
Switzerland151:547,52838,365
Honduras141:629,7463,754
Thailand141:5,045,596363,835
Venezuela131:2,323,39126,733
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Belize91:39,4972,328
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
Norway61:857,04855,549
Bahamas41:97,9381,027
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Anguilla41:3,359324
Chile41:4,404,11844,633
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
Ecuador31:5,301,94930,184
France31:22,140,907385,998
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
Montserrat21:2,474299
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Guam11:160,1214,893
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland3851:11,5061,589
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4781:50,9946,193
Scotland721:51,9893,520
Wales291:54,0832,718
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,1651:12,0571,561

Coburn (352) may also be a first name.

Coburn Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

An assimilated form 1 of Cockburn: W. Cockburn.

2 of Coleborn, &c., q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Colburn (cool stream), in Yorkshire; dweller at a stream frequented by game birds.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

A ' fashionable' pronunciation of Cockburn.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Coburn Last Name Facts

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

The last name Coburn is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Coburn click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Coburn? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 21,231st most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 283,761 people. The last name Coburn occurs mostly in The Americas, where 71 percent of Coburn live; 70 percent live in North America and 70 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 464,438th most frequently occurring given name worldwide It is held by 352 people.

This surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 18,574 people, or 1 in 19,514. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 8 percent are found, Florida, where 5 percent are found and Ohio, where 5 percent are found. Besides The United States this last name is found in 60 countries. It is also common in England, where 7 percent are found and Canada, where 7 percent are found.

Coburn Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Coburn has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Coburn last name grew 446 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 382 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it declined 1 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 317 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 759 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Coburn Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Coburn surname is principally Catholic (36%) in Ireland.

In The United States Coburn are 9.58% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 56.35% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Coburn earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 144.33% more than the national average, earning R 580,632 per year; in United States they earn 1.19% more than the national average, earning $43,663 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.36% more than the national average, earning $51,849 CAD per year.

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Coburn Reference & Research

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

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

Colburn 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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Footnotes

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