Westbrook Surname

16,674th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33,294 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Westbrook Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Westbrook,' a tithing in the parish of Boxford, Berkshire No doubt other and smaller localities bear the same name; compare Easterbrook.

Richard de Westbrek, Surrey, temp. Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp.

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Westbrook Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States28,3851:12,7691,589
England2,3471:23,7403,291
Australia1,3251:20,3742,824
Canada6641:55,4906,577
South Africa1891:286,65527,999
Scotland831:64,5045,145
New Zealand771:58,8099,204
Germany321:2,515,796126,826
France261:2,554,720189,486
Ireland161:294,30910,207
Wales141:221,03813,576
Denmark101:564,47234,222
Austria101:851,54467,454
Qatar91:262,00030,726
China81:170,915,1968,932
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
Philippines71:14,462,603238,248
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
Isle of Man61:14,3043,169
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland101:442,98715,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,3701:17,7922,576
Scotland91:415,91311,811
Wales51:313,68310,604
Guernsey41:8,1641,328
Isle of Man11:54,2692,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,5711:14,0631,799

The alternate forms: Wèstbrook (1) are calculated separately.

Westbrook (111) may also be a first name.

Westbrook Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Westbrook,' a tithing in the parish of Boxford, Berkshire No doubt other and smaller localities bear the same name; compare Easterbrook.

Richard de Westbrek, Surrey, temp. Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

1584. Mark Westbrooke, Surrey: Register of the University of Oxford.

1628. Thomas Westbrook, of Hockley, Essex, and Joane Aylet: Marriage Lic. (London).

1741. Baptised — Mary, d. William Westbrook: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.

1747. Married — William Westbrooke and Ann Rosewell: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) One who came from Westbrook (western brook), the name of several places in England.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

A tything in co. Berks.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Berkshire, Norfolk, Wiltshire.

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

Westbrook Last Name Facts

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

The surname Westbrook is found most in The United States. It may occur in the variant forms: Wèstbrook. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Westbrook? popularity and diffusion

It is the 16,674th most frequently used family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 218,885 people. Westbrook is mostly found in The Americas, where 87 percent of Westbrook live; 87 percent live in North America and 87 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 890,531st most commonly used forename throughout the world. It is borne by 111 people.

It is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 28,385 people, or 1 in 12,769. In The United States Westbrook is most numerous in: Texas, where 16 percent reside, Georgia, where 10 percent reside and California, where 8 percent reside. Other than The United States this surname is found in 60 countries. It also occurs in England, where 7 percent reside and Australia, where 4 percent reside.

Westbrook Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Westbrook has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Westbrook surname expanded 795 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 171 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 922 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it expanded 160 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 280 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Westbrook Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Anglican (60%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Westbrook surname are 11.21% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 57.98% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Westbrook earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 66.46% less than the national average, earning S/. 6,502 per year; in South Africa they earn 107.74% more than the national average, earning R 493,668 per year; in United States they earn 4.18% less than the national average, earning $41,346 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.06% more than the national average, earning $50,705 CAD per year.

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Westbrook Reference & Research

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