Melbourne Surname

89,103rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,387 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Jamaica

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.

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Melbourne Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,4911:37,3704,878
Australia1,0411:25,9323,536
United States1,0201:355,35231,769
Jamaica9281:3,093466
Canada3551:103,79011,219
New Zealand1111:40,7966,843
Wales851:36,4063,615
Ireland701:67,2714,288
Scotland511:104,9777,051
Guyana481:15,8802,122
Philippines371:2,736,168135,784
Panama151:260,8176,584
Israel141:611,26042,949
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Mexico91:13,791,80145,470
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Trinidad and Tobago41:340,99412,383
United States Virgin Islands41:27,5943,273
Costa Rica41:1,195,0176,919
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Cayman Islands31:21,2981,488
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
France31:22,140,907385,998
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Barbados21:143,7241,981
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland121:369,15613,616
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5921:41,1755,198
Scotland161:233,9518,207
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States871:577,22639,167

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.

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

(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.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

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."

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Derbyshire, Hertfordshire.

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

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.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mellbourne957/
Melbourn94182/
Melborne9420/
Melburne947/
Milbourne892,607/
Mellbourn8917/
Melborner890/
Melburn88131/
Melborn8816/
Millbourne8452/
Milbourn821,639/
Milburne8262/
Milborne8231/
Melburnn8225/
Melbarne821/
Melburrn821/
Mellborn821/
Mellburn821/
Maelborn820/
Millbourn7898/
Millburne786/
Millborne781/
Milburn7519,873/
Milborn75109/
Mylburn751/
Millburn71567/
Möllborn7127/
Millborn712/
Hmilburn710/
Milbornn710/
Milbarne710/
Milburndt670/
Milbarn631/
Millbarn590/

Melbourne Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Melbourne in the Marathi language
मेलबोनर्melabonar50
मेलबॉनर्melabonar50

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