Wimbush Surname

143,498th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,101 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wallis and Futuna

Wimbush Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Wimbush,' a parish in the Diocese of St. Alban's, Essex.

Thomas de Winebise, Leicestershire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

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Wimbush Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,4591:147,40115,211
England3131:178,01316,129
Malawi1311:130,68014,293
Canada871:423,51337,101
South Africa411:1,321,40772,211
Australia301:899,85754,700
Wales161:193,40812,484
Scotland101:535,38220,332
France41:16,605,680368,153
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Wallis and Futuna11:13,610185
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1891:128,97011,990
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2341:214,61018,363

Wimbush Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Wimbush,' a parish in the Diocese of St. Alban's, Essex.

Thomas de Winebise, Leicestershire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

John de Wymbisse, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

John Wimbis, Essex, ibid.

Simon de Wymbisse, Essex, ibid.

The modern corruption was early anticipated in the following entry:

John Wymbusch, Patent Roll, 1 Henry VI.

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

(English) belonging to Wimbush or Wimbish (Essex), 13th cent. Wymbisse, nth cent. Wimbisc [Old English -bisc, -busc, bush: the first element prob. repr. Old English wín (Latin uin-um), wine, vine- (as in wín tréow, vine]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Wimbish, a parish in Essex.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Wimbish; a location name in Essex.

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

Wimbush Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wimbush occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wimbush? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 143,498th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 2,350,063 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 77 percent of Wimbush live; 77 percent live in North America and 77 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 2,459 people, or 1 in 147,401. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Georgia, where 19 percent live, Virginia, where 16 percent live and Maryland, where 13 percent live. Barring The United States this last name occurs in 17 countries. It also occurs in England, where 10 percent live and Malawi, where 4 percent live.

Wimbush Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wimbush has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 1,051 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 166 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wimbush Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wimbush surname are 5.72% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 58.95% registered with the party.

The amount Wimbush earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 55.78% more than the national average, earning R 370,188 per year; in United States they earn 12.77% less than the national average, earning $37,639 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.34% more than the national average, earning $50,844 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whimbush9316/
Wimbuish932/
Wimbushs931/
Wimbus9288/
Winbush862,527/
Wimbosh861/
Wimbuch861/
Wembush860/
Wymbush860/
Winnbush804/
Wainbush800/
Bimbus772/
Wymbus771/
Winbus771/
Weinbusch754/
Winbuch711/
Wynbush711/
Bembush711/
Winbust710/
Wenbush710/
Wennbush670/
Winbutch670/
Benbusch531/

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Wimbush Reference & Research

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