Desborough Surname

219,869th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,859 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Jersey

Desborough Surname Definition:

(English) belonging to Desborough = prob. Dreg's Stronghold [Old English burh]

Desborough Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,4091:39,5445,106
United States1301:2,788,146165,890
Australia1201:224,96421,387
New Zealand741:61,1949,493
Canada631:584,85148,473
Thailand161:4,414,897343,519
Wales151:206,30213,003
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6061:40,2235,116
Jersey21:25,9413,069
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Desborough Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) belonging to Desborough = prob. Dreg's Stronghold [Old English burh]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A location name in Northamptonshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Desborough Last Name Facts

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

The last name Desborough is found most frequently in England. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Desborough click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Desborough? popularity and diffusion

Desborough is the 219,869th most common family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 3,920,143 people. The surname Desborough occurs mostly in Europe, where 78 percent of Desborough live; 77 percent live in Northern Europe and 77 percent live in British Isles.

The surname Desborough is most widely held in England, where it is carried by 1,409 people, or 1 in 39,544. In England Desborough is mostly concentrated in: Northamptonshire, where 14 percent are found, Cambridgeshire, where 10 percent are found and Greater London, where 10 percent are found. Aside from England this surname occurs in 21 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 7 percent are found and Australia, where 6 percent are found.

Desborough Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Desborough has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Desborough surname grew 233 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 1,300 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it grew 1,500 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 500 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 50 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Desborough Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Desborough surname are 1.38% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 51.85% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Desborough earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 18.05% more than the national average, earning $50,938 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.9% more than the national average, earning $53,109 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Deborough952/
Disborough9098/
Desbarough901/
Deborugh892/
Disborrough860/
Deborug821/
Deboroux781/
Deborakh671/
Debarroux631/
Desbureaux60187/
Deborak593/
Devarug591/
Desbarax5687/
Devarukh567/
Debarrag561/
Debarrosq531/
Desvareux531/
Desvarreux508/

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