Pember Surname

215,621st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,905 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wales

Pember Surname Definition:

There is no trace of this being an English local name; otherwise it could represent an Old English pin-bearu, ‘pine-grove.’ Nor does it seem to be Cymric. In all probability it is the descendant of an Anglo-Saxon fem. name *Pendburh; this appears all the more likely from the occurrence of the English place-name Pemberton.

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Pember Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8941:405,43535,365
Australia3791:71,2298,422
England3191:174,66515,923
Canada1101:334,96030,494
Wales1031:30,0443,055
Nigeria371:4,787,642126,894
Indonesia281:4,723,186228,527
New Zealand181:251,57423,165
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Zimbabwe31:5,146,080115,446
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2361:103,28510,350
Wales221:71,2923,399
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3011:166,83915,114

Pember (33) may also be a first name.

Pember Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

There is no trace of this being an English local name; otherwise it could represent an Old English pin-bearu, ‘pine-grove.’ Nor does it seem to be Cymric. In all probability it is the descendant of an Anglo-Saxon fem. name *Pendburh; this appears all the more likely from the occurrence of the English place-name Pemberton.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Perhaps Pembury, a parish in Kent.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From pen-ber, the short head, little promontory. The name Henrico de la Pombre is mentioned as a witness in a deed made by Simon de Alls, in which he gave the manor of Laneseley to the Prior of St. German's and others. (See D. Gilbert, ii. 119. ) Pember, Pombre may be the same as what Leland calls Pembro. "From Godolcan to Pembro, &c."

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

From Pembury; a location name in Kent, South Wales.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Pember Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pember (Russian: Пембер, Tibetan: སྤེནམ་བ།) is most common in The United States. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pember? popularity and diffusion

It is the 215,621st most commonly occurring surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 3,825,483 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 49 percent of Pember live; 49 percent live in North America and 49 percent live in Anglo-North America. Pember is also the 1,807,719th most commonly held first name internationally, borne by 33 people.

The last name Pember is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 894 people, or 1 in 405,435. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 12 percent live, Wisconsin, where 7 percent live and Ohio, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account The United States Pember exists in 18 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 20 percent live and England, where 17 percent live.

Pember Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Pember has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pember last name grew 297 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 135 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 468 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pember Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Pember are 12.72% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 59.49% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Pember earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 295.29% more than the national average, earning R 939,360 per year; in United States they earn 10.59% more than the national average, earning $47,718 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.06% more than the national average, earning $53,686 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pembere92542/
Pembert9210/
Peimber925/
Phember922/
Pemberr921/
Pembe9124,523/
Peimbert861,097/
Pfembere866/
Peymbert863/
Phembe83197/
Pembet83192/
Pembeu83152/
Pamber8366/
Pembee8365/
Pomber8361/
Pembie8328/
Pimber8327/
Penber8318/
Pmbere837/
Paembe834/
Pfembe832/
Pembey832/
Pemuer831/
Piembe831/
Penmbe831/
Puembe831/
Peimbertd8013/
Pmbe801/
Peimbertt801/
Pimbert77629/
Pembeth77158/
Pombier7791/
Pimbere7733/
Phamber773/
Phimber772/
Piembeh771/
Peimbet771/
Pembett771/
Pembhet771/
Penbert771/
Penbear771/
Pombear770/
Pennber770/
Phomber770/
Pemba7340,494/
Pembi735,733/
Penbe73500/
Pimbe7328/
Pmbey736/
Pemby735/
Pemve731/
Pembé731/
Pembá731/
Pembeith711/
Phemba6758,668/
Pimbir6730/
Piembi6721/
Pfemba6718/
Piemba6717/
Pimbet6710/
Phimbe679/
Pembhi675/
Piombe675/
Pembis675/
Pfembi674/
Peimba673/
Peimbi672/
Pinber672/
Pembui671/
Peunbe671/
Penbeu671/
Pembha671/
Pembid671/
Pemboa671/
Peemba671/
Peemby671/
Penwer671/
Pimbey671/
Pnweer671/
Penuer671/

Pember Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pember in the Tibetan language
སྤེནམ་བ།penamwa-
Pember in the Russian language
Пемберpember-

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