Newborn Surname

208,375th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,985 people bear this surname

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

Newborn Surname Definition:

NIBREIM: Lambe fiz Austyn de Nibreim, tenant under the bishop of St. Andrews in Fife, rendered homage in 1290 (Bain, II, p. 205). Nibreim is for Nithbren, the old name of Newburn, Fife.

Newborn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,7211:210,60920,592
England961:580,39635,131
South Africa321:1,693,05382,821
Nigeria281:6,326,527151,186
Canada261:1,417,13898,245
Australia231:1,173,72664,589
New Zealand171:266,37223,826
Iran121:6,398,544138,820
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1841:132,47512,229
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2811:178,71415,946

Newborn (136) may also be a first name.

Newborn Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

NIBREIM: Lambe fiz Austyn de Nibreim, tenant under the bishop of St. Andrews in Fife, rendered homage in 1290 (Bain, II, p. 205). Nibreim is for Nithbren, the old name of Newburn, Fife.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(English) Dweller at the New Burn or Brook [Old English níwe + burne] Newburn, co. Fife, owes its name to the diverted course of a brook.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A corruption of Newburn.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Newbourn co. Suffolk; or Newburn, name of places cos. Northumberland and Fife. See Smallbone.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Newborn Last Name Facts

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

The surname Newborn is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Newborn? popularity and diffusion

The surname Newborn is the 208,375th most frequent surname internationally, held by around 1 in 3,671,308 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 70 percent of Newborn live; 70 percent live in North America and 70 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 794,286th most prevalent first name in the world. It is borne by 136 people.

Newborn is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 1,721 people, or 1 in 210,609. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 8 percent reside, Arkansas, where 8 percent reside and New York, where 8 percent reside. Besides The United States this surname occurs in 28 countries. It is also common in England, where 5 percent reside and South Africa, where 2 percent reside.

Newborn Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Newborn has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Newborn surname expanded 612 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 48 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Newborn Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Newborn are 5.85% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 52.62% being registered with the political party.

The amount Newborn earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 62.48% more than the national average, earning R 386,124 per year; in United States they earn 12.65% less than the national average, earning $37,690 USD per year and in Canada they earn 27.09% more than the national average, earning $63,141 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Newborne9354/
Newbourn9336/
Newboren930/
Newbourne8817/
Newburn862,339/
Newbern862,130/
Newvorn863/
Newbarn861/
Newburne8011/
Newburen801/

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Newborn Reference & Research

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