Cumberbirch Surname

1,409,418th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 154 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Cumberbirch Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Comberbach,' a township in the parish of Great Budworth, Cheshire The modern variants of the surname are many and curious; v. Counterpatch.

Roger Comberbach, of Wych Malbank, 1603: Wills at Chester.

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Cumberbirch Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1051:530,64833,151
Canada281:1,315,91492,927
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England621:393,15123,809
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Cumberbirch Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Comberbach,' a township in the parish of Great Budworth, Cheshire The modern variants of the surname are many and curious; v. Counterpatch.

Roger Comberbach, of Wych Malbank, 1603: Wills at Chester.

Richard Cumberbach, of Congleton, 1633: ibid. (1621-50).

1739. Married — Francis Durham and Mary Cumberbach: St. George, Hanover Square.

1795. — John Cumberpatch and Elizabeth Sour: ibid.

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

(English) belonging to Comber- bach (Chesh.) [the first element may be from Old English cumb, a valley, pl. cumbru; or be the Anglo-Saxon pers. name Cumbra: the second is Old English bæc, a brook]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Cumberbirch Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cumberbirch has its highest incidence in England. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Cumberbirch click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cumberbirch? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,409,418th most frequent last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 47,321,727 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 71 percent of Cumberbirch reside; 71 percent reside in Northern Europe and 71 percent reside in British Isles.

The last name is most prevalent in England, where it is borne by 105 people, or 1 in 530,648. In England Cumberbirch is most prevalent in: Greater Manchester, where 56 percent reside, Cheshire, where 21 percent reside and Suffolk, where 6 percent reside. Barring England this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 18 percent reside and Australia, where 7 percent reside.

Cumberbirch Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Cumberbirch has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Cumberbirch last name rose 169 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 500 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 133 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Cumberbirch Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Cumberbirch earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 9.41% more than the national average, earning $47,208 USD per year and in Canada they earn 40.51% more than the national average, earning $69,812 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Comberbirch911/
Coomberbirch870/

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Cumberbirch Reference & Research

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