Wedgebury Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Wedgebury Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wedgebury Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:3,714,537119,675
Wales61:515,75523,171
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England641:380,86523,394

Wedgebury Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wedgebury is found in England more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wedgebury? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,034,050th most widely held family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name Wedgebury is primarily found in Europe, where 92 percent of Wedgebury reside; 92 percent reside in Northern Europe and 92 percent reside in British Isles.

This surname is most frequently occurring in England, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 3,714,537. In England it is primarily concentrated in: West Midlands, where 47 percent are found, Worcestershire, where 33 percent are found and Greater London, where 7 percent are found. Excluding England it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Wales, where 25 percent are found and Ireland, where 4 percent are found.

Wedgebury Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wedgebury has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Wedgebury last name contracted 77 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wedgeberry840/
Wedebure821/
Vedebura7116/
Bedebouri671/
Videbura598/
Vedibura596/
Vydebura592/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wedgebury
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