Milbourn Surname

243,312th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,639 people bear this surname

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

Milbourn 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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Milbourn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1621:311,92728,585
England3571:156,07314,751
New Zealand341:133,18615,994
Australia291:930,88655,860
Jamaica181:159,4425,298
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
Scotland91:594,86921,724
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Wales61:515,75523,171
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1641:148,63013,165
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3751:133,91612,757

Milbourn (18) may also be a first name.

Milbourn 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

(English) Dweller at 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

From Milborne; a location name in Dorset, Wiltshire.

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

Milbourn Last Name Facts

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

The surname Milbourn occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Milbourn? popularity and diffusion

The surname Milbourn is the 243,312th most commonly used last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 4,446,337 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 72 percent of Milbourn live; 71 percent live in North America and 71 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,608,198th most prevalent first name internationally, held by 18 people.

The surname Milbourn is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 1,162 people, or 1 in 311,927. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Missouri, where 20 percent live, Indiana, where 8 percent live and California, where 8 percent live. Not including The United States this surname exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in England, where 22 percent live and New Zealand, where 2 percent live.

Milbourn Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Milbourn has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Milbourn last name grew 310 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 218 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Milbourn Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Milbourn are 22.25% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 69.02% being registered with the party.

The amount Milbourn earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 4.78% less than the national average, earning R 226,272 per year; in United States they earn 1.55% more than the national average, earning $43,817 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.27% more than the national average, earning $54,290 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Milbourne942,607/
Millbourn9498/
Milburn9319,873/
Milborn93109/
Millbourne8952/
Millburn88567/
Melbourn88182/
Milburne8862/
Milborne8831/
Millborn882/
Hmilburn880/
Milbornn880/
Melbourne825,387/
Mellbourn8217/
Millburne826/
Millborne821/
Milburndt820/
Melburn80131/
Milworn8017/
Melborn8016/
Milbarn801/
Mylburn801/
Mellbourne787/
Möllborn7527/
Melburnn7525/
Melborne7520/
Melburne757/
Melburrn751/
Mellborn751/
Mellburn751/
Milbarne750/
Maelborn750/
Millbarn750/
Melbarne631/

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