Warbreck Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Warbreck Surname Definition:

(Scandinavian) belonging to Warbreck or Warbrick (N. Lanc.), 13th cent. Warthebrec = the Watch or Guard Hill [Old Norse uörð-r (genit. uarðar), award, watch + brekka, a slope, hill: cp. Old Norse uarðberg, watch-rock]

Warbreck Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340

Warbreck Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Scandinavian) belonging to Warbreck or Warbrick (N. Lanc.), 13th cent. Warthebrec = the Watch or Guard Hill [Old Norse uörð-r (genit. uarðar), award, watch + brekka, a slope, hill: cp. Old Norse uarðberg, watch-rock]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Warbreck Last Name Facts

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

The last name Warbreck is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Warbreck.

How Common Is The Last Name Warbreck? popularity and diffusion

The last name Warbreck is the 6,063,924th most frequent surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Warbreck are found; 50 percent are found in Southern Africa and 50 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 10,835,541. In South Africa Warbreck is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 40 percent are found, KwaZulu-Natal, where 40 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 20 percent are found. Excluding South Africa it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 40 percent are found and Australia, where 10 percent are found.

Warbreck Last Name Statistics demography

Warbreck earn somewhat more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 5.9% more than the national average, earning R 251,652 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Warbrek931/
Warbrick88996/
Barbreck880/
Barbrec800/
Warwrick752/
Verbreck751/
Weirbrick715/
Verbreuck711/
Verbreyck710/
Barbric676/
Verbrick63108/
Verbryck6392/
Verbreuk6318/
Barwrick631/
Vorbrick630/
Verbric530/

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Warbreck
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