Milborn Surname

1,755,741st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 109 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jersey

Milborn 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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Milborn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States481:7,551,228341,161
Australia241:1,124,82162,883
Austria121:709,62061,025
England111:5,065,278148,650
Jersey71:14,1722,872
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England291:840,53036,623
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1001:502,18735,305

Milborn (29) may also be a first name.

Milborn 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) Dweller by the Mill- Stream [Old English myl(e)n + burne]

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

Henry, Hugh, and Roger Malberne, Normandy 1180 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Hugo de Meleburn, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).

The Norman People (1874)

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

Milborn Last Name Facts

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

The surname Milborn is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Milborn? popularity and diffusion

The surname Milborn is the 1,755,741st most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 66,858,219 people. Milborn is predominantly found in The Americas, where 46 percent of Milborn are found; 46 percent are found in North America and 46 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,951,561st most frequently used first name globally. It is borne by 29 people.

Milborn is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 48 people, or 1 in 7,551,228. In The United States Milborn is mostly found in: Indiana, where 31 percent reside, Missouri, where 19 percent reside and Ohio, where 10 percent reside. Besides The United States this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 22 percent reside and Austria, where 11 percent reside.

Milborn Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Milborn has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 52 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 62 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Milborn Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Milborn are 24.66% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 71.43% registered with the political party.

Milborn earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.48% more than the national average, earning $43,788 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Milbourn931,639/
Milborne9331/
Millborn932/
Milbornn930/
Milbourne882,607/
Millbourn8898/
Millborne881/
Milburn8619,873/
Milbern86116/
Milworn8617/
Melborn8616/
Milbarn861/
Millbourne8252/
Millburn80567/
Melbourn80182/
Millbern80117/
Milburne8062/
Möllborn8027/
Melborne8020/
Mellborn801/
Millbarn800/
Maelborn800/
Milbarne800/
Hmilburn800/
Melbourne755,387/
Mellbourn7517/
Millburne756/
Milburndt750/
Melburn71131/
Melbern7137/
Mellbourne717/
Mylburn711/
Melburnn6725/
Melburne677/
Melbarne671/
Melburrn671/
Mellburn671/
Melwareng501/

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