Wimble Surname

401,796th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 874 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Wimble Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Wymbhull.' I cannot find the spot. The suffix is -hill (v. Hull). It is quite natural to find the surname drop into the form of Wimble. Such modifications are common; compare Cockle, Windle, &c.

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Wimble Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3281:169,87215,639
United States3281:1,105,05879,932
Australia731:369,80430,692
South Africa701:773,96753,253
Canada401:921,14070,350
Scotland121:446,15118,166
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Wales51:618,90625,852
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2271:107,38010,631
Jersey81:6,4851,119
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States691:727,80746,603

Wimble (31) may also be a first name.

Wimble Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Wymbhull.' I cannot find the spot. The suffix is -hill (v. Hull). It is quite natural to find the surname drop into the form of Wimble. Such modifications are common; compare Cockle, Windle, &c.

Roger de Wymbhull, Bedfordshire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

Probably Wimple is a variant. It is found in the same district as the above.

1690. Thomas Foster and Mary Wimple 'Essex): Marriage Alleg. (Canterbury).

1789. Married — James Wimble and Martha Challand: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(English) 1 a descendant of (a) the Anglo-Saxon pers. name Wineb(e)ald [Old English wine, friend, protector + b(e)ald, bold] (b) the Anglo-Saxon pers. name Wynb(e)ald [Old English wyn(n, joy] 2 prob. occasionally short for Wimbledon.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Medieval Women’s Head Cloth (Wimple). Also place name in England.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

Perhaps the same as Whimple, from Whimple, a parish co. Devon; or a corruption of the name Winibald. compare the local names Wimbledon and Wimpole.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

From Wimpole; a location name in Cambridgeshire.

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

Wimble Last Name Facts

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

Wimble is found in England more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wimble? popularity and diffusion

It is the 401,796th most frequently used family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 8,338,153 people. Wimble occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 41 percent of Wimble are found; 41 percent are found in North America and 41 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Wimble is also the 1,874,099th most frequent first name at a global level It is held by 31 people.

The last name is most prevalent in England, where it is carried by 328 people, or 1 in 169,872. In England it is mostly found in: Greater London, where 30 percent live, Kent, where 28 percent live and West Sussex, where 12 percent live. Apart from England it is found in 13 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 38 percent live and Australia, where 8 percent live.

Wimble Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wimble has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Wimble last name expanded 144 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it expanded 475 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wimble Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wimble last name are 1.53% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 54.76% registered with the party.

The amount Wimble earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 101.82% more than the national average, earning R 479,604 per year; in United States they earn 8.58% more than the national average, earning $46,852 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.07% more than the national average, earning $50,710 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wimbley921,799/
Wimmble920/
Whimble920/
Wmble910/
Whimbley866/
Weimbley862/
Winmbley861/
Wimbly8335/
Bimble836/
Wimbel833/
Wymble833/
Wemble832/
Wmbley831/
Wumble830/
Winble830/
Wembley7766/
Winbley777/
Bimbley771/
Woimbla771/
Woinble770/
Wainble770/
Wimblay770/
Bimbl732/
Bmble731/
Wömbl731/
Vimbelle7152/
Wemblley711/
Wimbelly711/
Weambleh711/
Winbelle711/
Bimbli6747/
Bemble6716/
Wenble6713/
Wembel6710/
Wembly679/
Wembil678/
Bimbel675/
Bimbil675/
Wembla671/
Whembller671/
Ouhimbley671/
Vemble670/
Weinbl670/
Winbly670/

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