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    The surname Newburn

    A surname, carried by 1,503 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex N165

    Newburn: #18,423 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Newburn #18,423, 1,503 people Newburn: #18,423 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Newburn #18,423, 1,503 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Newburn is more common than 88.6% of them.

    Origin

    The place-name in Newcastle upon Tyne is from Old English nīwe (“new”) + burh (“fortress”). The second element was later substituted for burn (“stream”). The Fife place-name was historically Nithbren (1150). Possibly from Pictish, perhaps from *Nith, an ethnonym, with a cognate of Welsh bryn (“hill”) or Welsh pren (“tree”).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,503 people named Newburn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 205,420 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,310.

    #18,423
    rank among US surnames
    1,503
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +14.7%
    change since 2000 (was #19,174)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,423Pilot1,503205,420
    #18,431Goggans1,502205,556

    Who is named Newburn

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    75% of people named Newburn identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 75%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 20%
    • Two or more races 2.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Newburn

    Newburn has the Soundex code N165, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N165.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Newburn come from?
    The place-name in Newcastle upon Tyne is from Old English nīwe (“new”) + burh (“fortress”). The second element was later substituted for burn (“stream”). The Fife place-name was historically Nithbren (1150). Possibly from Pictish, perhaps from *Nith, an ethnonym, with a cognate of Welsh bryn…
    How common is the surname Newburn?
    1,503 people in the United States had the surname Newburn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 205,420 Americans. It ranked 18,423rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Newburn?
    In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Newburn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Newburn getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,310 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,503 in 2010, up 15%.