Whybrow Surname

191,486th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,201 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Whybrow Surname Definition:

(English) 1 belonging to Whiteborough; for Dweller at the White Hill [Old English hwít + beorh] 2 for Wybrow, q.v.

Whybrow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,4381:38,7475,029
Australia6131:44,0395,569
United States481:7,551,228341,161
New Zealand201:226,41621,878
Scotland151:356,92115,763
Spain111:4,250,18575,241
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
Austria91:946,15970,786
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Wales71:442,07621,198
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
France11:66,422,722504,397
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5991:40,6935,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Whybrow Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) 1 belonging to Whiteborough; for Dweller at the White Hill [Old English hwít + beorh] 2 for Wybrow, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From Wyeborough or Wyebrow; a location name. on the Wye.

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

Whybrow Last Name Facts

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

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

How Common Is The Last Name Whybrow? popularity and diffusion

The surname Whybrow is the 191,486th most commonly held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 3,311,016 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 68 percent of Whybrow live; 67 percent live in Northern Europe and 66 percent live in British Isles.

This last name is most numerous in England, where it is carried by 1,438 people, or 1 in 38,747. In England Whybrow is most numerous in: Essex, where 18 percent reside, Greater London, where 15 percent reside and Kent, where 12 percent reside. Outside of England this last name exists in 25 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 28 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.

Whybrow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Whybrow has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Whybrow last name rose 240 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 1,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Whybrow Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Whybrow surname are 34.48% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 81.25% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Whybrow earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 82.36% less than the national average, earning R 41,916 per year and in United States they earn 0.42% less than the national average, earning $42,969 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wybrow92685/
Whibrow861/
Weybrow860/
Wybrowe860/
Wibrow77145/
Wybraw770/
Wiebrow7124/
Wivrow629/
Bebrow621/
Bibrow621/
Beevrow571/

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