# Washburn (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/washburn/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 20,030 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,793 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 15,414 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.7% (19,505 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of Washbourne.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Washburn in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Washburn in the United States.

## People named Washburn

- Margaret Floy Washburn, American psychologist and scholar (1871-1939)
- Mary Washburn, athletics competitor (1907–1994)
- Bryant Washburn, American actor (1889–1963)
- Watson Washburn, American tennis player (1894–1973)
- William B. Washburn, American businessman and politician from Massachusetts (1820-1887)
- Abigail Washburn, American banjo player and singer
- Bradford Washburn, American explorer, mountaineer, photographer, and cartographer (1910–2007)
- Emory Washburn, American politician; Harvard Law professor (1800–1877)
- Beverly Washburn, American actress
- William D. Washburn, American politician (1831–1912)
- Sherwood Washburn, American archaeologist, anthropologist, prehistorian and paleoanthropologist (1911–2000)
- Jason Washburn, American basketball player

and 3 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Weisberg, Weisbrod, Wakeford.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.