Woodborne Surname

1,907,068th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 95 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Woodborne Surname Definition:

(English) Dweller at the Brook by or in the Wood [Old English wudu + burna]

Woodborne Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa821:660,70448,422
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
England21:27,859,030389,889
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England161:1,523,46151,234
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Woodborne Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Dweller at the Brook by or in the Wood [Old English wudu + burna]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Woodborne Last Name Facts

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

Woodborne is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Woodborne? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,907,068th most prevalent surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 76,711,010 people. Woodborne is primarily found in Africa, where 86 percent of Woodborne live; 86 percent live in Southern Africa and 86 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Woodborne is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 82 people, or 1 in 660,704. In South Africa Woodborne is most frequent in: Western Cape, where 50 percent live, Gauteng, where 26 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 13 percent live. Apart from South Africa this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 8 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.

Woodborne Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Woodborne has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Woodborne surname contracted 87 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Woodborne Last Name Statistics demography

Woodborne earn notably more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 19.62% more than the national average, earning R 284,268 per year.

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 Woodborne
  • 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