Wimberley Surname

136,208th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,296 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jersey

Wimberley Surname Definition:

(English) One who came from Wimboldsley (Wynbald’s wood), in Cheshire.

Wimberley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,0451:119,03412,764
Australia911:296,65626,074
England501:1,114,36153,243
Scotland311:172,7049,690
South Africa231:2,355,55298,611
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
Denmark111:513,15632,022
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
France21:33,211,361423,184
China21:683,660,78330,601
Bolivia21:5,308,21712,400
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England511:477,94826,685
Scotland71:534,74514,325
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4061:123,69112,002

Wimberley (42) may also be a first name.

Wimberley Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) One who came from Wimboldsley (Wynbald’s wood), in Cheshire.

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

Wimberley Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wimberley is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wimberley? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 136,208th most commonly held surname globally, held by around 1 in 2,211,027 people. The last name Wimberley is mostly found in The Americas, where 92 percent of Wimberley reside; 92 percent reside in North America and 92 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,566,439th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 42 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 3,045 people, or 1 in 119,034. In The United States Wimberley is primarily found in: Texas, where 26 percent are found, Florida, where 9 percent are found and Tennessee, where 8 percent are found. Other than The United States this surname exists in 25 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 3 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.

Wimberley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wimberley has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 750 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it fell 2 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 443 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wimberley Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wimberley surname are 4.64% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 51.41% registered with the party.

The amount Wimberley earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 55.53% more than the national average, earning R 369,588 per year; in United States they earn 3.91% less than the national average, earning $41,461 USD per year and in Canada they earn 45.97% more than the national average, earning $72,520 CAD per year.

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Wimberley Reference & Research

Wimberley FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

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