Pullbrook Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Pullbrook Surname Definition:

Perhaps a hardened pronunciation of Pulborough, a parish in Sussex. Or it may be some other locality, deriving its name from pool and brook.

Pullbrook Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
England21:27,859,030389,889
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529

Pullbrook Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Perhaps a hardened pronunciation of Pulborough, a parish in Sussex. Or it may be some other locality, deriving its name from pool and brook.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Polebrook; a location name in Northamptonshire.

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

Pullbrook Last Name Facts

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

Pullbrook is more frequently found in Canada than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Pullbrook.

How Common Is The Last Name Pullbrook? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,587,209th most frequent surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name Pullbrook occurs mostly in The Americas, where 83 percent of Pullbrook are found; 83 percent are found in North America and 83 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequently held in Canada, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 3,684,559. In Canada Pullbrook is primarily concentrated in: Ontario, where 90 percent live and British Columbia, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Canada it exists in one country. It is also found in England, where 17 percent live.

Pullbrook Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Pullbrook has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Pullbrook surname decreased 60 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pullbrook Last Name Statistics demography

Pullbrook earn marginally less than the average income. In Canada they earn 3.69% less than the national average, earning $47,850 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pullbrooke950/
Pulbrook94254/
Phillbrook847/
Polbrook820/
Philbrook782,420/
Pfhilbrook740/
Polbrock710/
Philbrock6715/
Philbrrok671/
Polbrack591/
Philbrak590/

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