Willburn Surname

735,823rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 393 people bear this surname

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

Willburn Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Willburn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3701:979,61972,663
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
England61:9,286,343223,652
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2011:249,84420,715

Willburn (27) may also be a first name.

Willburn Last Name Facts

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

The last name Willburn is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Willburn.

How Common Is The Last Name Willburn? popularity and diffusion

Willburn is the 735,823rd most frequently used family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 18,543,374 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Willburn are found; 98 percent are found in North America and 98 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Willburn is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently occurring forename world-wide, borne by 27 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 370 people, or 1 in 979,619. In The United States Willburn is most frequent in: Texas, where 32 percent reside, California, where 15 percent reside and Colorado, where 11 percent reside. Outside of The United States it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 4 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.

Willburn Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Willburn has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Willburn surname expanded 184 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 40 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Willburn Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Willburn are 25.11% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 71.88% registered with the party.

The amount Willburn earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 7.64% less than the national average, earning $39,851 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.09% less than the national average, earning $43,675 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Willbourn94129/
Willburne942/
Wilburn9320,269/
Wllburn931/
Willbourne89134/
Wilbourn883,159/
Willborn88569/
Wellburn88389/
Wilburne88100/
Weilburn881/
Wilburnq881/
Wilbaurn880/
Wilburin880/
Wilbourne821,027/
Wellbourn8251/
D'Wilburn821/
Wilbouren821/
Wellburne820/
Wilborn806,427/
Welburn802,575/
Vilburn8038/
Bilburn800/
Wellbourne7836/
Wellborn753,006/
Welbourn751,561/
Wihlborn7510/
Wlbourne752/
Vilbourn751/
Vilburnt751/
Welburne750/
Welbaurn750/
Welbourne711,568/
Whelbourn7186/
Wlborn711/
Wilboorne710/
Welborn6710,625/
Whelbourne6733/
Vilborn6713/
Welbourhne674/
Velburn671/
Wleborn671/
Welboren63284/
Belbourn631/

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Willburn Reference & Research

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Willburn
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