How common is the surname Wimberley?

2,245 people in the United States had the surname Wimberley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 137,526 Americans. It ranked 13,509th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Wimberley getting more or less common?

More common. 2,084 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,245 in 2010, up 7.7%.

What are other spellings of Wimberley?

Wimberleigh, Wimberlie, Wimberly, Wymberley and Wymberly.

Is Wimberley also a first name?

Yes. Wimberley is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Wimberley

An English surname, carried by 2,245 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex W516

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wimberley is more common than 91.7% of them.

Origin

English origin

From an Old English name, probably *Wynebeald (“Winebald”) + lēah (“clearing”), Wimbaldlai in the Domesday Book. Compare with Wimbley, Wimboldsley.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,245 people named Wimberley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 137,526 Americans. That is up 7.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,084.

#13,509

rank among US surnames

2,245

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+7.7%

change since 2000 (was #13,400)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,502	Nehring	2,248	137,342
#13,505	Fewell	2,247	137,403
#13,506	Dekker	2,246	137,465
#13,509	Klepper	2,245	137,526
#13,517	Amico	2,244	137,587

Who is named Wimberley

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

84% of people named Wimberley identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Wimberleigh
Wimberlie
Wimberly
Wymberley
Wymberly

Surnames that sound like Wimberley

Wimberly

Wimberley has the Soundex code W516, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W516.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Wimberley come from?: From an Old English name, probably *Wynebeald (“Winebald”) + lēah (“clearing”), Wimbaldlai in the Domesday Book. Compare with Wimbley, Wimboldsley.
How common is the surname Wimberley?: 2,245 people in the United States had the surname Wimberley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 137,526 Americans. It ranked 13,509th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wimberley?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Wimberley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Wimberley getting more or less common?: More common. 2,084 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,245 in 2010, up 7.7%.
What are other spellings of Wimberley?: Wimberleigh, Wimberlie, Wimberly, Wymberley and Wymberly.
Is Wimberley also a first name?: Yes. Wimberley is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.