Horbuckle Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Horbuckle Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. This looks uncommonly like a nickname, but I cannot help thinking it is an imitative corruption of Harbottle, which see. It is found in Lincolnshire and Norfolk. In 1581 John Harbottle was bailiff of Yarmouth (v.

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Horbuckle Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371

Horbuckle Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. This looks uncommonly like a nickname, but I cannot help thinking it is an imitative corruption of Harbottle, which see. It is found in Lincolnshire and Norfolk. In 1581 John Harbottle was bailiff of Yarmouth (v. FF. xi. 328). Additional evidence in favour of this view is found in the fact that Arbuckle is one of the familiar surnames in Northumberland, where Harbottle lies; v. Arbuckle.

John Hornbuckle. Nichol's History of Leicestershire.

1633. Baptised-Anne, d. William Horebuckle: St. Peter, Cornhill.

1673.-William Hornebuckle, parish clerk: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1806. Married —Richard Hornbuckle and Hannah Milton: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

Horbuckle Last Name Facts

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

The last name Horbuckle is most common in The United States. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Horbuckle? popularity and diffusion

The surname Horbuckle is the 10,311,814th most common last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname Horbuckle is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Horbuckle reside; 100 percent reside in North America and 100 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States Horbuckle is most prevalent in: Alabama, where 33 percent are found, Mississippi, where 33 percent are found and Missouri, where 33 percent are found.

Horbuckle Last Name Statistics demography

Horbuckle earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 34.14% less than the national average, earning $28,417 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Orbuckle941/
Harbuckle891/
Hornpuckle841/
Arbuckle829,225/
Erbuckle822/
Urbuckle820/
Aarbuckle784/
Arbucckle781/
Arbuckley781/
Arbuckkle781/
Arbhuckle781/
Arbuckles781/
Arbuckler780/
Arbukle752/
Arbucle752/
Arbuckle's741/
Arbukcle712/
Arbuckly711/
Arbuckla711/

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