Kilbourn Surname

193,023rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,180 people bear this surname

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

Kilbourn Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Kilburn,' (1) a hamlet, partly in the parish of Hampstead, Middlesex; (2) a parish in North Riding of Yorks, seven miles from Thirsk; (3) a township in the parish of Horsley, Derbyshire.

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Kilbourn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,7501:207,11920,296
England2121:262,82120,935
Canada1361:270,92325,472
South Africa541:1,003,29161,925
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
Wales101:309,45316,869
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1611:151,40013,347
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5161:97,3239,895

Kilbourn (20) may also be a first name.

Kilbourn Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Kilburn,' (1) a hamlet, partly in the parish of Hampstead, Middlesex; (2) a parish in North Riding of Yorks, seven miles from Thirsk; (3) a township in the parish of Horsley, Derbyshire.

Ralph le Kylburn, Derbyshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

1587. Married — Richard Kylborne and Alice Sackfelde: St. Michael, Cornhill.

1626. — Isaac Kilbourne and Mary Fayrefax: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1746. — William Killbourn and Ann Killbourn: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.

1807. — Ionn Kilbourn and Mary Ann Jennings: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(English) belonging to Kilbourne (Derby), Kllburn (Yorks, M’sex, &c.) = the Cold Stream [a deriv. of Old English calan, to be cold (Old English cíle, cýle, m., cold = Dutch kil, cold, chilly) + Old English burne, a stream] The Derbyshire Kilbourne was Kylburn in the 13th cent.

The spot which he [Godwin] chose for his hermitage or cell was on the banks of the little bourne . . . and it came to be called indifferently Keeleburne, or Coldburne, or Caleburn.—Old and New London, v. 244.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Kilbourne or Kilburn (stream by a kiln), the names of several places in England.

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

A hamlet in the parish of St. John, Hampstead, co, Middlesex, and a parish in Yorkshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Kilburn; a location name in Middlesex.

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

Kilbourn Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kilbourn has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kilbourn? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 193,023rd most commonly held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 3,342,911 people. The surname Kilbourn occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 86 percent of Kilbourn are found; 86 percent are found in North America and 86 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Kilbourn is also the 2,446,817th most commonly used first name world-wide, held by 20 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 1,750 people, or 1 in 207,119. In The United States Kilbourn is most prevalent in: Michigan, where 20 percent reside, Texas, where 6 percent reside and California, where 6 percent reside. Besides The United States this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also found in England, where 10 percent reside and Canada, where 6 percent reside.

Kilbourn Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Kilbourn has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Kilbourn surname expanded 339 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 132 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kilbourn Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kilbourn last name are 7.43% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 54.2% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Kilbourn earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 5212.03% more than the national average, earning R 12,623,400 per year; in United States they earn 4.7% more than the national average, earning $45,178 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.18% more than the national average, earning $52,256 CAD per year.

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