Wimberly Surname

45,169th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,489 people bear this surname

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

Wimberly Surname Definition:

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

Wimberly Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11,4521:31,6503,952
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
England41:13,929,515290,718
Panama31:1,304,08613,647
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
France11:66,422,722504,397
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,6081:31,2313,765

Wimberly (233) may also be a first name.

Wimberly 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

Wimberly Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wimberly has its highest incidence in The United States. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Wimberly.

How Common Is The Last Name Wimberly? popularity and diffusion

Wimberly is the 45,169th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 634,306 people. The surname Wimberly is primarily found in The Americas, where 96 percent of Wimberly reside; 96 percent reside in North America and 96 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Wimberly is also the 587,225th most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 233 people.

This last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 11,452 people, or 1 in 31,650. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Georgia, where 20 percent are found, Texas, where 12 percent are found and Florida, where 9 percent are found. Barring The United States this last name is found in 18 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 0 percent are found and Nigeria, where 0 percent are found.

Wimberly Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wimberly has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 712 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wimberly Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wimberly surname are 5.05% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 51.82% registered with the party.

Wimberly earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 10.17% less than the national average, earning $38,761 USD per year.

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Wimberly 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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