Wybrow Surname

485,250th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 685 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Wybrow Surname Definition:

Local 'of Wigborough.' Great and Little Wigborough, parishes about seven miles from Colchester, in Essex As will be seen from this dictionary, the suffix -bury or -borough frequently becomes modified into brow; compare Hembrow for Hembury, (a) Bapt.

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Wybrow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2831:196,88417,288
Australia1241:217,70720,896
Canada761:484,81041,569
South Africa671:808,62254,680
United States661:5,491,802273,080
New Zealand591:76,75111,256
France31:22,140,907385,998
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3051:79,9198,609
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Wybrow Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Local 'of Wigborough.' Great and Little Wigborough, parishes about seven miles from Colchester, in Essex As will be seen from this dictionary, the suffix -bury or -borough frequently becomes modified into brow; compare Hembrow for Hembury, (a) Bapt.; v. Whybreu.

Richard de Wygebere, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

Richard de Wigebergh, Somerset, Henry III-Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

1760. Married — Frederick Wybrow and Mary Munden: St. George, Hanover Square.

1802. — George Wybrow and Hannah Hockley: ibid.

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

(English) belonging to Wigborough (Essex), anciently (Latinized form) Wigberga = the Battle-Hill [Old English wíg, battle, war + beorg, beorh, hill, mound] Cp. Wigfall.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From the Danish, Wibroe; a personal name.

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

Wybrow Last Name Facts

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

Wybrow is most common in England. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wybrow? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wybrow is the 485,250th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 10,638,753 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 42 percent of Wybrow live; 42 percent live in Northern Europe and 42 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most frequently occurring in England, where it is held by 283 people, or 1 in 196,884. In England it is most prevalent in: Greater London, where 25 percent live, Hampshire, where 12 percent live and Essex, where 11 percent live. Beside England it is found in 12 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 18 percent live and Canada, where 11 percent live.

Wybrow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wybrow has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Wybrow last name fell 7 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it increased 943 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wybrow Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Wybrow last name is predominantly Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Wybrow surname are 31.01% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 77.78% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Wybrow earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 3.7% less than the national average, earning R 228,852 per year; in United States they earn 16.98% less than the national average, earning $35,824 USD per year and in Canada they earn 29.54% more than the national average, earning $64,357 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whybrow922,201/
Weybrow920/
Wybrowe920/
Wibrow83145/
Wybraw830/
Wiebrow7724/
Whibrow771/
Wivrow679/
Bebrow671/
Bibrow671/
Beevrow621/
Bebrov503/
Bibrov502/
Vebrov502/
Vibrov502/
Bivrov501/

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