Newburn Surname

181,850th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,339 people bear this surname

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

Newburn Surname Definition:

Local. There ere places of this name in Fife and near Stirling. John Newburn in Berend of Parton,. 1724 (Kirkcudbright).

Newburn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,9221:188,58418,715
England2021:275,83221,591
Australia741:364,80730,412
New Zealand521:87,08312,256
Canada511:722,46357,796
Northern Ireland191:97,1076,126
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
France11:66,422,722504,397
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland431:103,0206,511
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England981:248,72818,134
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2901:173,16815,571

Newburn (42) may also be a first name.

Newburn Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Local. There ere places of this name in Fife and near Stirling. John Newburn in Berend of Parton,. 1724 (Kirkcudbright).

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

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

Parishes and places in cos. Northumb., Fife, and Suffolk. (Newbourn).

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

Newburn Last Name Facts

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

Newburn is found most in The United States. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Newburn? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 181,850th most commonly occurring last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 3,115,667 people. Newburn is predominantly found in The Americas, where 82 percent of Newburn live; 82 percent live in North America and 82 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,566,439th most widely held given name worldwide, held by 42 people.

The last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 1,922 people, or 1 in 188,584. In The United States Newburn is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 14 percent live, California, where 10 percent live and Alabama, where 7 percent live. Besides The United States this surname occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in England, where 9 percent live and Australia, where 3 percent live.

Newburn Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Newburn has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Newburn surname increased 663 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 206 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 98 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Newburn Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Newburn surname is primarily Anglican (72%) in Ireland.

In The United States Newburn are 20.2% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 66.97% registered with the political party.

The amount Newburn earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 2.01% less than the national average, earning $42,280 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.6% less than the national average, earning $44,913 CAD per year.

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Newburn Reference & Research

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