Rainbird Surname

222,049th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,836 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Australia

Rainbird Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Reynebaud.' A manifest corruption, and found in the district where Reynebaud or Reynebold was an early and familiar personal name (v. Rumball for instances). The corruption is, as usual, imitative.

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Rainbird Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England9011:61,8407,288
Australia5861:46,0685,764
Canada1001:368,45633,054
South Africa721:752,46852,376
United States511:7,107,038327,397
Wales351:88,4157,250
New Zealand221:205,83320,770
Northern Ireland161:115,3156,804
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Finland51:1,099,34045,512
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
China31:455,773,85521,925
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
France21:33,211,361423,184
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland361:123,0527,230
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4921:49,5436,061
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Rainbird Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Reynebaud.' A manifest corruption, and found in the district where Reynebaud or Reynebold was an early and familiar personal name (v. Rumball for instances). The corruption is, as usual, imitative. My instances are decisive.

'Witnesses, Roger, sub-prior, Rainbird, the sacrist and William, the deacon,' temp. 12th cent., Norfolk: History of Norfolk.

1483. Thomas Reynberd, of Thetford, Norfolk: ibid.

1549. Robert Raynbald, of Norwich: ibid.

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

(Teutonic and French-Teut.) a descendant of the Old Teutonic Reginber(h)t, Raginber(h)t, etc., whence French Raimbert [Old Saxon and O.H.Ger. regin-, ragin- = Gothic ragin- = Old Norse ragn-, rögn- = Old English reg(e)n-, an ancient intens. prefix (conn. with Latin rex, regis, ruler) implying might, rule; godlike ( as Old English regen-w(e)ard, mighty guardian) + Old Saxon berht = O.H.Ger. beraht = Gothic bairht-s = Old Norse biart-r = Old English be(o)rht, bright, illustrious] Rainbert.—Domesday-Book.

(occasionally) (English) a nickname from the Woodpecker,also called the Rainbird because it was supposed to foretell the fall of rain [Old English regen, rain + bridd, a (young) bird]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) A corruption of Rambert (raven, bright).

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

A corruption of Rambert, the inverse of Bertram.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Radulphus Reinbert, Normandy 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); William Reinbert, Engl. c. 1198 (Rotuli Curiae Regis).

The Norman People (1874)

From the Old Norse, Hrein-bjártr; from the German, Reinhardt; in the Domesday Book, Rambert; a personal name.

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

Rainbird Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rainbird is held by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rainbird? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 222,049th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,969,252 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 53 percent of Rainbird live; 53 percent live in Northern Europe and 52 percent live in British Isles.

The surname Rainbird is most numerous in England, where it is borne by 901 people, or 1 in 61,840. In England it is mostly found in: Greater London, where 19 percent reside, Essex, where 19 percent reside and West Midlands, where 6 percent reside. Other than England this last name occurs in 24 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 32 percent reside and Canada, where 5 percent reside.

Rainbird Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Rainbird has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Rainbird surname expanded 183 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it expanded 1,020 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Rainbird Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Rainbird last name is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Rainbird last name are 10.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.14% registered with the political party.

The amount Rainbird earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 57.55% more than the national average, earning R 374,388 per year; in United States they earn 27.26% less than the national average, earning $31,386 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.07% more than the national average, earning $53,197 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rainbirds941/
Raynbird8888/
Reinbird8810/
Rainberd881/
Ranbir861,154/
Ranbhir802/
Rambird800/
Ranbhire754/
Rainberh752/
Rainbert750/
Ranvir713,590/
Rambir7175/
Ranber712/
Rambire67202/
Rambier67109/
Rambeir6746/
Rambhir6711/
Ranbert676/
Ranbeer675/
Rambair674/
Ramberd670/

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