Warboys Surname
Approximately 620 people bear this surname
Warboys Surname Definition:
(English) belonging to Warboys (Hunts), 13th cent. Wardeboys, 1othcent. Weardebusc = the Watch or Guard Bush or Thicket [Old English weard (from), genit. wearde, a watching, guarding+busc]
Warboys Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 320 | 1:174,119 | 15,890 |
| United States | 210 | 1:1,725,995 | 114,113 |
| Canada | 53 | 1:695,200 | 56,020 |
| Australia | 16 | 1:1,687,231 | 81,699 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 219 | 1:111,303 | 10,892 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:3,862,976 | 168,604 |
Warboys Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English) belonging to Warboys (Hunts), 13th cent. Wardeboys, 1othcent. Weardebusc = the Watch or Guard Bush or Thicket [Old English weard (from), genit. wearde, a watching, guarding+busc]
As the surname War-man seems "to mean what it says," it might appear that War-boys has a belligerent signification; but this is not the case, as it is a simple corruption of Verbois, a place near Rouen.
Same as Worboys and the U.S. Worbose (which may some day become Verbose); from Verbois, near Rouen. See Boys.
From Verbois, near Rouen, Normandy (Lower). Walter Wardebois, Engl. 1194 (Rotuli Curiae Regis).
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Warboys Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Warboys Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Warboys is borne by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Warboys? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 523,789th most commonly used last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 11,754,106 people. The last name Warboys is mostly found in Europe, where 53 percent of Warboys live; 52 percent live in Northern Europe and 52 percent live in British Isles.
Warboys is most commonly occurring in England, where it is borne by 320 people, or 1 in 174,119. In England it is most prevalent in: Cambridgeshire, where 17 percent are found, Essex, where 9 percent are found and Northamptonshire, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account England this last name is found in 12 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 34 percent are found and Canada, where 9 percent are found.
Warboys Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Warboys has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name expanded 146 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 1,615 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Warboys Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Warboys last name are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Warboys earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 21.33% more than the national average, earning $52,354 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.44% less than the national average, earning $43,502 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warboyes | 93 | 1 | / |
| Warbouys | 93 | 1 | / |
| Warboy | 92 | 63 | / |
| Worboys | 86 | 2,650 | / |
| Warbois | 86 | 12 | / |
| Warby | 83 | 2,014 | / |
| Warbo | 83 | 35 | / |
| Worboyes | 80 | 155 | / |
| Barboyes | 80 | 1 | / |
| Worrboys | 80 | 0 | / |
| Warboise | 80 | 0 | / |
| Barbos | 77 | 2,852 | / |
| Warbey | 77 | 239 | / |
| Warbis | 77 | 204 | / |
| Barboy | 77 | 93 | / |
| Worboy | 77 | 63 | / |
| Wahrby | 77 | 38 | / |
| Werbos | 77 | 23 | / |
| Warbou | 77 | 14 | / |
| Warbas | 77 | 11 | / |
| Warrby | 77 | 8 | / |
| Wairbo | 77 | 5 | / |
| Wearbo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Barbys | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wharby | 77 | 1 | / |
| Worbys | 77 | 1 | / |
| Warrbo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Warbot | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wearby | 77 | 1 | / |
| Warbes | 77 | 0 | / |
| Waurby | 77 | 0 | / |
| Verboys | 71 | 64 | / |
| Barbeys | 71 | 63 | / |
| Barboss | 71 | 35 | / |
| Barbois | 71 | 31 | / |
| Worbois | 71 | 20 | / |
| Varboyi | 71 | 12 | / |
| Bearboy | 71 | 8 | / |
| Worbyes | 71 | 5 | / |
| Barbosh | 71 | 4 | / |
| Barboya | 71 | 2 | / |
| Barboos | 71 | 2 | / |
| Barbous | 71 | 2 | / |
| Barbysh | 71 | 2 | / |
| Warbass | 71 | 2 | / |
| Wairebo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Warbash | 71 | 1 | / |
| Warbast | 71 | 1 | / |
| Warbisz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Warbowe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Worvoys | 71 | 1 | / |
| Borboys | 71 | 0 | / |
| Warbish | 71 | 0 | / |
| Barbo | 67 | 5,364 | / |
| Barby | 67 | 1,998 | / |
| Worby | 67 | 1,110 | / |
| Warba | 67 | 402 | / |
| Warbasse | 67 | 69 | / |
| Borboyes | 67 | 68 | / |
| Barboush | 67 | 52 | / |
| Warbe | 67 | 26 | / |
| Warbi | 67 | 17 | / |
| Warbisch | 67 | 11 | / |
| Worbo | 67 | 7 | / |
| Varbo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Barbosch | 67 | 5 | / |
| Weathrby | 67 | 4 | / |
| Beahrbos | 67 | 0 | / |
| Worboise | 67 | 0 | / |
| Varby | 67 | 0 | / |
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