Timberlake Surname

70,008th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,067 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Timberlake Surname Definition:

According to Mr. Talbot, from Timber-leg, a wounded soldier with a wooden leg. The last part of the name is from ley. See LEGG.

Timberlake Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,9701:60,7137,129
England7701:72,3618,270
Australia831:325,24927,873
Jamaica511:56,2733,110
Canada401:921,14070,350
South Africa291:1,868,19787,346
New Zealand171:266,37223,826
Scotland141:382,41616,471
Belgium121:958,05473,966
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062
China51:273,464,31313,838
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
France31:22,140,907385,998
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Bolivia21:5,308,21712,400
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3241:75,2338,226
Wales91:174,2686,522
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3191:38,0734,513

Timberlake (27) may also be a first name.

Timberlake Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

According to Mr. Talbot, from Timber-leg, a wounded soldier with a wooden leg. The last part of the name is from ley. See LEGG.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

From Timperley (?); a location name in Cheshire (?).

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

Timberlake: Timberlake was the name of a family of King's Langley, Herts, in the seventeenth century (Cussan's "Hertfordshire").

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Timberlake Last Name Facts

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

The last name Timberlake is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Timberlake? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 70,008th most common last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,031,208 people. The surname Timberlake occurs mostly in The Americas, where 74 percent of Timberlake are found; 73 percent are found in North America and 73 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,036,353rd most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 27 people.

The surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 5,970 people, or 1 in 60,713. In The United States Timberlake is most prevalent in: Virginia, where 11 percent live, North Carolina, where 9 percent live and Texas, where 8 percent live. Excluding The United States this surname is found in 47 countries. It is also common in England, where 11 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.

Timberlake Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Timberlake has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 453 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 238 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it declined 89 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Timberlake Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Timberlake surname is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those bearing the Timberlake last name are 2.59% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 50.64% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Timberlake earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 37.96% less than the national average, earning R 147,432 per year; in United States they earn 0.51% less than the national average, earning $42,930 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.57% more than the national average, earning $59,406 CAD per year.

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