Sherburne Surname

199,831st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,090 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guam

Sherburne Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Sherburne.' There are parishes and hamlets of the name of Sherborne, or Sherburne, in Dorset, Warwickshire, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, County Durham, and Yorkshire.

Adam de Schirbarn, 31 Edward I: Freemen of York.

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Sherburne Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,9271:188,09518,675
Canada961:383,80834,152
England471:1,185,49155,443
Israel71:1,222,51968,299
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Guam11:160,1214,893
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England331:738,64834,140
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3941:127,45912,279

Sherburne (85) may also be a first name.

Sherburne Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Sherburne.' There are parishes and hamlets of the name of Sherborne, or Sherburne, in Dorset, Warwickshire, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, County Durham, and Yorkshire.

Adam de Schirbarn, 31 Edward I: Freemen of York.

John de Schireburne, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

William Schurebounie, Somerset, 1 Edward III: ibid.

William de Shirbotn, Somerset, 1 Edward III: ibid.

Ricardus de Schyrburn, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Johannes de Shirburn, of Schyrburne, 1379: ibid.

1585. Augustine Sherborne, Oxfordshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

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

(English) belonging to Sherborne, Sherbourne, or Sherburn = the Clear or Bright Stream [Old English scír, bright, clear +burne (from), burna (m.), a brook] Sherborne, Dorset, occurs frequently in charters of A.-Saxon times, the earliest mention apparently being a grant dated a.d. 671 by Coenwealh, king of Wessex, “sedi pontificali Scireburnensis" (‘Cart. Sax.’ no. 26): in King Ælfred’s Will, as in the Chronicle A.D. 867, we find the normal Anglo-Saxon dative form "æt Scíre human.” Sherburn in Elmet, Yorks, occurs in a charter a.d. 963 as “tó Scíre burnan." Sherbourn or Sherborne, Warw., was Scireburne in Domesday-Book. Sherborn, Soms., was Schireburne in the 14th cent. Sherborne, Glouc., was Shereborne in the 14th cent.

This name was Latinized de Fonte Limpido; also Fons Clarus.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Sherborne (bright stream), the name of several places in England.

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

Parishes, &c., in cos. Dorset, Gloucester, Warwick, Hants, &,c. There are also Sherburnes in cos. Darham and York.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

(English), Clear or Shire brook.

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

Sherburne Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sherburne is found most frequently in The United States. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sherburne? popularity and diffusion

It is the 199,831st most frequently occurring last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 3,486,864 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 90 percent of Sherburne are found; 90 percent are found in North America and 90 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Sherburne is also the 1,039,322nd most frequent first name at a global level It is held by 85 people.

The surname Sherburne is most common in The United States, where it is held by 1,927 people, or 1 in 188,095. In The United States Sherburne is mostly found in: California, where 13 percent live, Maine, where 6 percent live and Minnesota, where 6 percent live. Not including The United States this surname occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 5 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.

Sherburne Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Sherburne has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 489 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 142 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sherburne Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Sherburne last name are 4.61% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 51.38% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Sherburne earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 5.69% more than the national average, earning $45,606 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.07% less than the national average, earning $47,166 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sherbourne95646/
Sherburn941,215/
Sherborne89854/
Shearburn89335/
Sheirburn897/
Serbourne896/
Sherbourn894/
Scherburn891/
Sharburne890/
Shorburne890/
Shirburne890/
Sherborn8225/
Shirburn821/
Sheerborn781/
Serburina781/
Shearborn780/
Sairburn713/
Sirburin711/
Searborn711/
Cerborne711/
Sirborn6310/
Särborn634/
Cearborn591/

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Sherburne Reference & Research

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