Rockburn Surname

1,058,336th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 236 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Rockburn Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rockburn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada1681:219,31921,150
United States671:5,409,835270,257
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Rockburn Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rockburn is borne by more people in Canada than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Rockburn? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,058,336th most commonly used surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 30,879,432 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Rockburn are found; 100 percent are found in North America and 96 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequent in Canada, where it is carried by 168 people, or 1 in 219,319. In Canada Rockburn is most frequent in: Ontario, where 81 percent live, British Columbia, where 11 percent live and Quebec, where 5 percent live. Excluding Canada Rockburn occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 28 percent live and The Netherlands, where 0 percent live.

Rockburn Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Rockburn has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Rockburn last name increased 1,117 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Rockburn Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Rockburn surname are 36.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 83.33% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Rockburn earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 14.13% more than the national average, earning $49,244 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.13% more than the national average, earning $51,240 CAD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Rockburn
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