Milburn Surname

27,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19,873 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Milburn 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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Milburn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11,0991:32,6574,076
England5,3441:10,4261,542
Australia1,3341:20,2372,803
Canada1,1041:33,3754,308
New Zealand3101:14,6072,564
Scotland1661:32,2523,240
Wales1411:21,9472,330
South Africa941:576,35944,560
Thailand441:1,605,417210,847
Uruguay361:95,3279,476
United Arab Emirates341:269,47919,099
Spain301:1,558,40147,033
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Northern Ireland141:131,7887,342
Hong Kong81:916,9354,774
Jersey81:12,4002,398
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Isle of Man61:14,3043,169
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Montenegro61:106,5944,599
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
France41:16,605,680368,153
Ireland41:1,177,23516,494
United States Virgin Islands41:27,5943,273
South Korea41:12,810,0642,073
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
China31:455,773,85521,925
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Cayman Islands21:31,9461,715
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Macau11:601,6301,582
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,6311:9,2651,385
Scotland331:113,4315,331
Isle of Man201:2,713316
Wales51:313,68310,604
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,5321:32,7803,946

Milburn (1,676) may also be a first name.

Milburn 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) One who came from Milburn, Milbourne or Milborne (millstream), the names of various places in England.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

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

Milburn Last Name Facts

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

The last name Milburn occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Milburn click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Milburn? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 27,033rd most commonly held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 366,706 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 62 percent of Milburn are found; 61 percent are found in North America and 61 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 188,032nd most frequently held given name in the world, borne by 1,676 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 11,099 people, or 1 in 32,657. In The United States it is primarily found in: Texas, where 12 percent live, California, where 8 percent live and Maryland, where 8 percent live. Other than The United States this surname exists in 52 countries. It also occurs in England, where 27 percent live and Australia, where 7 percent live.

Milburn Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Milburn has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 724 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 203 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 503 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 2,820 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 133 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Milburn Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Milburn last name is principally Presbyterian (50%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Milburn last name are 19.29% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 66.06% registered with the political party.

The amount Milburn earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 167.25% more than the national average, earning R 635,076 per year; in United States they earn 0.48% more than the national average, earning $43,354 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.17% more than the national average, earning $50,265 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Milbourn931,639/
Millburn93567/
Milburne9362/
Hmilburn930/
Milbourne882,607/
Millbourn8898/
Millburne886/
Milburndt880/
Melburn86131/
Milborn86109/
Mylburn861/
Millbourne8252/
Melbourn80182/
Melburnn8025/
Melburne807/
Millborn802/
Melburrn801/
Mellburn801/
Milbornn800/
Melbourne755,387/
Mellbourn7517/
Milworn7117/
Melborn7116/
Mellbourne717/
Möllborn6727/
Mellborn671/

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