Melbourne Surname
Approximately 5,387 people bear this surname
Melbourne Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Milburn,' a chapelry in the parish of Kirkby Thore, Westmorland; also two townships in Northumberland, in the parish of Ponteland. It is evidently to the latter we owe the surname with its variants.
Read More About This SurnameMelbourne Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,491 | 1:37,370 | 4,878 |
| Australia | 1,041 | 1:25,932 | 3,536 |
| United States | 1,020 | 1:355,352 | 31,769 |
| Jamaica | 928 | 1:3,093 | 466 |
| Canada | 355 | 1:103,790 | 11,219 |
| New Zealand | 111 | 1:40,796 | 6,843 |
| Wales | 85 | 1:36,406 | 3,615 |
| Ireland | 70 | 1:67,271 | 4,288 |
| Scotland | 51 | 1:104,977 | 7,051 |
| Guyana | 48 | 1:15,880 | 2,122 |
| Philippines | 37 | 1:2,736,168 | 135,784 |
| Panama | 15 | 1:260,817 | 6,584 |
| Israel | 14 | 1:611,260 | 42,949 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Mexico | 9 | 1:13,791,801 | 45,470 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 1:340,994 | 12,383 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 4 | 1:27,594 | 3,273 |
| Costa Rica | 4 | 1:1,195,017 | 6,919 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Cayman Islands | 3 | 1:21,298 | 1,488 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Barbados | 2 | 1:143,724 | 1,981 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 12 | 1:369,156 | 13,616 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 592 | 1:41,175 | 5,198 |
| Scotland | 16 | 1:233,951 | 8,207 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:784,208 | 16,349 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 87 | 1:577,226 | 39,167 |
Melbourne (3,741) may also be a first name.
Melbourne Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Milburn,' a chapelry in the parish of Kirkby Thore, Westmorland; also two townships in Northumberland, in the parish of Ponteland. It is evidently to the latter we owe the surname with its variants.
Margaret de Milleburn, Northumberland, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.
1504. Robert Milbome: Register of the University of Oxford.
1662. Thomas Milburne and Winifred Francis: Marriage Alleg. (Canterbury).
1679. Edward Milbourne and Mary Kemp: ibid.
1683. Alex. Milbourn and Elizabeth Watson: ibid.
(English) belonging to Melbourne = (prob.) the Mill - Brook [Old English myln + burne] Lord Melbourne, after whom the capital of Victoria was called, took his title from the Derbyshire Melbourne.
Townships in Dumbartonshire, Northumberland, and Westmoreland. The Imp. Gazetteer of Scotl. defines Millburn as "any brook driving a mill, or any locality washed by such brook, and taking name from it. Brooks and localities of the name of Millburn are very numerous in Scotland,-many of them probably having received the name in the times of thirlage, when the mill of an estate or barony, together with the brook which drove it, was an object of local interest inferior only to the church and the manor house."
A location name in Derbyshire, Hertfordshire.
Milburn was the name of an ancient family that took its name from a township in the county and give rise to the clan of the Milburns, one of the four principal clans that ruled in North Tynedale in the 16th century (C.). Milburn is still a North Tynedale name.
Melbourne Demographics
Average Melbourne Salary in
United States
$44,480 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Melbourne Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melbourne Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Melbourne (Marathi: मेलबोनर्) is borne by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melbourne? popularity and diffusion
It is the 89,103rd most frequent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,352,802 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 45 percent of Melbourne are found; 32 percent are found in Northern Europe and 32 percent are found in British Isles. It is also the 115,093rd most frequently used given name globally It is held by 3,741 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in England, where it is carried by 1,491 people, or 1 in 37,370. In England Melbourne is primarily concentrated in: Greater London, where 15 percent reside, Derbyshire, where 10 percent reside and Lincolnshire, where 8 percent reside. Beside England this last name exists in 50 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 19 percent reside and The United States, where 19 percent reside.
Melbourne Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Melbourne has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Melbourne last name grew 252 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 1,172 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it grew 4,250 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 583 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 319 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Melbourne Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Melbourne last name are 2.22% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 55.45% being registered with the political party.
The amount Melbourne earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 93.72% less than the national average, earning R 14,928 per year; in United States they earn 3.08% more than the national average, earning $44,480 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.11% more than the national average, earning $52,721 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mellbourne | 95 | 7 | / |
| Melbourn | 94 | 182 | / |
| Melborne | 94 | 20 | / |
| Melburne | 94 | 7 | / |
| Milbourne | 89 | 2,607 | / |
| Mellbourn | 89 | 17 | / |
| Melborner | 89 | 0 | / |
| Melburn | 88 | 131 | / |
| Melborn | 88 | 16 | / |
| Millbourne | 84 | 52 | / |
| Milbourn | 82 | 1,639 | / |
| Milburne | 82 | 62 | / |
| Milborne | 82 | 31 | / |
| Melburnn | 82 | 25 | / |
| Melbarne | 82 | 1 | / |
| Melburrn | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mellborn | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mellburn | 82 | 1 | / |
| Maelborn | 82 | 0 | / |
| Millbourn | 78 | 98 | / |
| Millburne | 78 | 6 | / |
| Millborne | 78 | 1 | / |
| Milburn | 75 | 19,873 | / |
| Milborn | 75 | 109 | / |
| Mylburn | 75 | 1 | / |
| Millburn | 71 | 567 | / |
| Möllborn | 71 | 27 | / |
| Millborn | 71 | 2 | / |
| Hmilburn | 71 | 0 | / |
| Milbornn | 71 | 0 | / |
| Milbarne | 71 | 0 | / |
| Milburndt | 67 | 0 | / |
| Milbarn | 63 | 1 | / |
| Millbarn | 59 | 0 | / |
Melbourne Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Melbourne in the Marathi language | ||
| मेलबोनर् | melabonar | 50 |
| मेलबॉनर् | melabonar | 50 |
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