Wallbanks Surname

793,288th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 355 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Wallbanks Surname Definition:

Wallbank is an ancient Lancashire name. Walbonk was the name of an hereditary tenant of Billington in the 14th century: Adam de Walleboncke was vicar of Blackburn from 1317 to 1320 Richard del Wallebonck held land in Church, also in the 14th century; the Walbanks were a gentle family in Whalley parish in 1618; William Walbancke was headmaster of the Clitheroe school in 1608 (W.

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Wallbanks Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3111:179,15816,199
Scotland211:254,94412,577
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England821:297,26120,172
Scotland71:534,74514,325
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Wallbanks Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Wallbank is an ancient Lancashire name. Walbonk was the name of an hereditary tenant of Billington in the 14th century: Adam de Walleboncke was vicar of Blackburn from 1317 to 1320 Richard del Wallebonck held land in Church, also in the 14th century; the Walbanks were a gentle family in Whalley parish in 1618; William Walbancke was headmaster of the Clitheroe school in 1608 (W. W.). William Wallbank of Pleasington, was governor of the Blackburn grammar - school in 1716 (A.). The occurrence of this name in the same neighbourhood for centuries is remarkable.

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

Average Wallbanks Salary in
England

£26,818

Per year
Rank:
43,628 of 88,641
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000848977
Rank: 12,179 of 88,641
Percentage of national average salary:
99.41%
Sample size: 73 (2014)

Average Salary in
England

£26,976

Per year
Per month:
£2,248
Per week:
£500
Per day:
£74

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Wallbanks Last Name Facts

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

Wallbanks is found most in England. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Wallbanks.

How Common Is The Last Name Wallbanks? popularity and diffusion

It is the 793,288th most commonly held last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 20,528,298 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of Wallbanks live; 94 percent live in Northern Europe and 94 percent live in British Isles.

The surname is most numerous in England, where it is held by 311 people, or 1 in 179,158. In England Wallbanks is mostly concentrated in: Staffordshire, where 26 percent live, Berkshire, where 13 percent live and Greater London, where 11 percent live. Outside of England Wallbanks occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Scotland, where 6 percent live and Australia, where 3 percent live.

Wallbanks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wallbanks has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname expanded 379 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wallbank943,113/
Walbanks942/
Walbank88272/
Walbanke8230/
Wollbank821/
Walbancke7834/
Woolbanks781/
Wolbank7531/
Wheelbanks740/
Woolbank7158/
Vaalbank7134/
Walbangue671/
Wolbang6328/
Walbong631/
Wohlbang5912/
Boulbank591/
Bolbanck591/
Balbangh591/
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Wallbanks Reference & Research

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