Pembrook Surname

737,137th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 392 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jersey

Pembrook Surname Definition:

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

Pembrook Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3781:958,88671,403
England71:7,959,723202,100
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
France11:66,422,722504,397
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England271:902,79138,028
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1261:398,56129,579

Pembrook Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(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

Pembrook Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pembrook occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pembrook? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 737,137th most frequently held last name globally, held by around 1 in 18,590,678 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 92 percent of Pembrook are found; 91 percent are found in North America and 91 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

Pembrook is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 378 people, or 1 in 958,886. In The United States Pembrook is mostly concentrated in: Oklahoma, where 26 percent reside, California, where 12 percent reside and Michigan, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent reside and Malaysia, where 1 percent reside.

Pembrook Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Pembrook has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Pembrook surname grew 300 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 74 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pembrook Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Pembrook are 20.34% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 67.11% being registered to vote for the political party.

Pembrook earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 12.06% less than the national average, earning $37,946 USD per year.

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Pembrook Reference & Research

Pembroke FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

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