Pembroke Surname

190,062nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,222 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Gibraltar

Pembroke Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Pembroke.'

1621. William Pembroocke, Berkshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

1649. Buried — Catherine Pembrooke: St. Peter, Cornhill.

1769. Married — Henry Tatchell and Jane Pembroke: St.

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Pembroke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,0611:341,62030,747
England5921:94,11810,066
Australia2971:90,89510,420
Canada1401:263,18324,832
Ireland551:85,6174,914
New Zealand181:251,57423,165
Wales151:206,30213,003
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
France31:22,140,907385,998
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland771:57,5314,603
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2791:87,3679,159
Wales61:261,4039,165
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1831:274,41922,265

Pembroke (122) may also be a first name.

Pembroke Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Pembroke.'

1621. William Pembroocke, Berkshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

1649. Buried — Catherine Pembrooke: St. Peter, Cornhill.

1769. Married — Henry Tatchell and Jane Pembroke: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Celtic) belonging to Pembroke, apparently representing the O.Wel. pen-brog = the Head or End of the Land [=Mod. Welsh pen, ahead, end + bro(compounded, mutated to fro), land, country] ‘It derives its name from Penfro peninsula, which extends for two miles N. of the town, between it and the main channel of Milford Haven.’—Nat. Gaz.

(There is another Penfro in co. Carnarvon).

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Welsh, English) One who came from Pembroke (head or end of the land), a county in Wales.

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

The Welsh town.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

(Welsh), Head country. Bro, country.

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

Pembroke Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pembroke occurs most in The United States. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pembroke? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 190,062nd most frequently used family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 3,279,724 people. Pembroke occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 51 percent of Pembroke are found; 51 percent are found in North America and 51 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Pembroke is also the 844,248th most frequent first name globally, borne by 122 people.

The last name Pembroke is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 1,061 people, or 1 in 341,620. In The United States it is mostly found in: New York, where 11 percent live, California, where 8 percent live and Illinois, where 7 percent live. Not including The United States Pembroke occurs in 21 countries. It is also found in England, where 27 percent live and Australia, where 13 percent live.

Pembroke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Pembroke has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Pembroke last name expanded 580 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 212 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it fell 29 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 250 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pembroke Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Catholic (97%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Pembroke surname are 2.99% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 56.22% registered with the political party.

The amount Pembroke earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 117.16% more than the national average, earning R 516,060 per year; in United States they earn 14.22% more than the national average, earning $49,286 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.5% less than the national average, earning $39,499 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pembrooke9465/
Pembrok932/
Pembrook88392/
Pembrock8851/
Penbroke884/
Pembrake880/
Penbrooke825/
Pembrooks821/
Paymbroke820/
Pimbrok801/
Peymbrouck781/
Penbrook7522/
Pimbrook751/
Penbrock751/
Penbrooks711/
Pennbrook711/
Pennbrock710/
Puymbrouck673/
Pimbrough591/

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