Fishburn Surname

114,327th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,044 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Gibraltar

Fishburn Surname Definition:

An Englishman of this name was lord of Red Castle, Lunan, in 1306 (Angus, I, p. 56). Probably from Fishburn in co. Durham. There is also Fishbourne, a parish in co. Sussex.

Fishburn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,9051:124,77113,253
England6611:84,2949,268
Australia3241:83,3209,655
Canada341:1,083,69479,951
New Zealand331:137,22216,302
Wales211:147,35910,403
Israel131:658,28045,106
Scotland121:446,15118,166
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Gibraltar61:5,659991
Northern Ireland51:369,00715,220
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3621:67,3357,663
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6591:76,2048,110

Fishburn Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

An Englishman of this name was lord of Red Castle, Lunan, in 1306 (Angus, I, p. 56). Probably from Fishburn in co. Durham. There is also Fishbourne, a parish in co. Sussex.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

Fishburn Last Name Facts

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

Fishburn occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Fishburn click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fishburn? popularity and diffusion

It is the 114,327th most widely held surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 1,802,064 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 62 percent of Fishburn live; 62 percent live in North America and 61 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 2,905 people, or 1 in 124,771. In The United States Fishburn is primarily found in: Indiana, where 10 percent live, Nevada, where 9 percent live and Illinois, where 6 percent live. Other than The United States this last name exists in 23 countries. It is also common in England, where 16 percent live and Australia, where 8 percent live.

Fishburn Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Fishburn has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Fishburn last name grew 441 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 183 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Fishburn Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Fishburn surname are 22.8% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 69.57% registered with the political party.

The amount Fishburn earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 262.83% more than the national average, earning R 862,224 per year; in United States they earn 2.32% more than the national average, earning $44,148 USD per year and in Canada they earn 24.82% more than the national average, earning $62,014 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fishburne94877/
Fischburn941/
Fishbourn941/
Fisburn931/
Fishbourne89210/
Fishborn8810/
Fushburn881/
Fishvurn881/
Fiburn860/
Fischborn821,347/
Fisbourne821/
Fitchburn820/
Faiburn802/
Fixburn800/
Fichbourne780/
Feburn714/
Fyburn711/
Feaburn671/
Phiburn671/
Viburienė5914/
Phaiburng591/
Feybourne591/
Feborn570/
Feeborn534/
Feaborn531/
Phyborn530/

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