Whitebeard Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

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

Whitebeard Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'with the whitebeard'.

Philip Wytberd. Excerpta e Rotulis Finium in Turri Londinensi.

William Witberd, Gloucestershire, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

Johannes Blakberd, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

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Whitebeard Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
England31:18,572,686338,250
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Whitebeard Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'with the whitebeard'.

Philip Wytberd. Excerpta e Rotulis Finium in Turri Londinensi.

William Witberd, Gloucestershire, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

Johannes Blakberd, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Alicia Wytberd, 1379: ibid.

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

Whitebeard Last Name Facts

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

The surname Whitebeard occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Whitebeard? popularity and diffusion

The surname Whitebeard is the 4,307,654th most prevalent surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 52 percent of Whitebeard are found; 52 percent are found in Southern Africa and 52 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 4,925,246. In South Africa Whitebeard is mostly concentrated in: Mpumalanga, where 73 percent are found, Free State, where 9 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 9 percent are found. Besides South Africa it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 24 percent are found and England, where 14 percent are found.

Whitebeard Last Name Statistics demography

Whitebeard earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 54.61% less than the national average, earning R 107,868 per year.

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