Winterbourn Surname

1,409,418th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 154 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Winterbourn Surname Definition:

(English) Dweller by a Winter-Brook, i.e. a stream which flows only in the winter (the wet season) [Old English winterburne]

Winterbourn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England881:633,16037,224
Australia321:843,61652,533
New Zealand231:196,88420,367
Wales61:515,75523,171
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England591:413,14224,536

Winterbourn Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Dweller by a Winter-Brook, i.e. a stream which flows only in the winter (the wet season) [Old English winterburne]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Winterbourn Last Name Facts

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

The surname Winterbourn is more frequently found in England than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Winterbourn? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,409,418th most widely held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 47,321,727 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 61 percent of Winterbourn are found; 61 percent are found in Northern Europe and 61 percent are found in British Isles.

The last name Winterbourn is most common in England, where it is held by 88 people, or 1 in 633,160. In England Winterbourn is most frequent in: Norfolk, where 17 percent are found, Greater London, where 15 percent are found and Northamptonshire, where 15 percent are found. Besides England this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 21 percent are found and New Zealand, where 15 percent are found.

Winterbourn Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Winterbourn has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Winterbourn last name expanded 149 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
  • 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 Winterbourn
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis