Kilburn Surname

57,273rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,843 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Kilburn 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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Kilburn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,5121:65,7587,677
England1,9221:28,9903,914
Canada5871:62,7697,346
Australia3711:72,7658,563
Jamaica961:29,8952,227
South Africa731:742,16051,964
Scotland701:76,4835,732
New Zealand431:105,31013,865
Wales311:99,8247,946
Ireland291:162,3777,171
Denmark141:403,19427,097
Netherlands101:1,688,71881,846
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
Panama91:434,6958,518
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Northern Ireland81:230,63010,839
United Arab Emirates51:1,832,45558,414
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
France31:22,140,907385,998
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
China21:683,660,78330,601
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,5281:15,9522,349
Scotland171:220,1897,953
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1171:44,9595,196

Kilburn (199) may also be a first name.

Kilburn 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

Kilburn Last Name Facts

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

Kilburn is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kilburn? popularity and diffusion

Kilburn is the 57,273rd most frequently used family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 824,103 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 66 percent of Kilburn reside; 65 percent reside in North America and 65 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Kilburn is also the 642,605th most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 199 people.

It is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 5,512 people, or 1 in 65,758. In The United States Kilburn is most prevalent in: Kentucky, where 8 percent live, Tennessee, where 7 percent live and New York, where 6 percent live. Not including The United States it occurs in 42 countries. It is also found in England, where 22 percent live and Canada, where 7 percent live.

Kilburn Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Kilburn has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kilburn surname rose 493 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 126 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 412 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kilburn Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Kilburn surname are 18.26% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 65.03% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Kilburn earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 29.14% less than the national average, earning R 168,396 per year; in United States they earn 2% less than the national average, earning $42,285 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.37% more than the national average, earning $52,850 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kilbourn932,180/
Kilburne9368/
Kilbuern9312/
Killburn9312/
Kilburnt932/
Kilbaurn930/
Kilbourne882,465/
Killbourn8835/
Killburne880/
Kilborn861,815/
Kelburn8612/
Cilburn862/
Killbourne826/
Kielborn8044/
Killborn804/
Kilboorn802/
Keelburn800/
Kelbourn800/
Kilboren800/
Kellburn800/
Clburn770/
Kiehlborn7540/
Kelbourne753/
Kilboorne750/
Cleburn7196/
Kylborn7117/
Kleborn7110/
Kölborn719/
Kelborn713/
Külborn712/
Cllburn710/
Kühlborn67539/
Clebourn6728/
Cleburne6727/
Keelborn670/
Clebourne633/
Cleborn572/

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