Woodburg Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Woodburg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Woodburg Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:2,643,089124,494

Woodburg Last Name Facts

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

The surname Woodburg is found most frequently in The United States. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Woodburg.

How Common Is The Last Name Woodburg? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,968,613th most frequently used surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Woodburg are found; 75 percent are found in North America and 50 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States Woodburg is most numerous in: Maryland, where 50 percent live and Oregon, where 50 percent live. Outside of The United States it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 25 percent live and Israel, where 25 percent live.

Woodburg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Woodburg has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 89 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Woodburgh940/
Woodberg8840/
Wodberg801/
Woudberg75331/
Woodbork750/
Wadberg6716/
Wadborg674/
Budburg671/
Budburgh6344/
Badberg53235/
Budberg5312/
Vadberg538/
Buddberg501/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • 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 Woodburg
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