Warburton
surname · Latin script
Meaning: ‘person from Warburton’, Cheshire, ‘Wterburh’s farmstead’
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈwɔɹbɝtən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Warburton is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 12K(inferred from the name graph)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 16K
- CACanada≈1 in 61K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 321 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 12K (inferred from the name graph)
≈28,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
United Kingdom, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
‘person from Warburton’, Cheshire, ‘Wterburh’s farmstead’.
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Warburton counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | ≈28,000 est. | ≈1 in 50K | — | Warburton | 7 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈5,300 est. | ≈1 in 12K | 10K | Warburton | 213 |
| US United States | 2,781 | 1 in 120K | 2.8K | Warburton | 321 |
| AU Australia | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 16K | — | Warburton | 150 |
| CA Canada | ≈620 est. | ≈1 in 61K | — | Warburton | 118 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 31K | — | Warburton | 54 |
| JM Jamaica | ≈74 est. | ≈1 in 38K | — | Warburton | 7 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Warburton is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, from Warburton (Cheshire) or Warbleton (Sussex); first attested Mabilia de Warberton 1212 P (Ess, Herts).
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In English, Ches., so called from the OE female personal name Warburh (composed of the elements w^r pledge + burh fortress) + OE tiin enclosure, settlement. Var.: Warbutton (Bristol). Ward I. English: occupational name for a watchman or guard, from OE weard guard (used as both an agent noun and an abstract noun). 2. Irish: Anglicized form of
as a nameThe Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
In English, A placename:
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Irish, This English surname was assumed by a Co. Tyrone blind harper called Mongan, whose son became Protestant bishop of Limerick in 1806. The family settled in Offaly. Bibl. MIF
as a nameThe Surnames of Ireland
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Peter Warburtonb. 1813AUBritish military officer, Commissioner of Police for South Australia and Australian explorer (1813–1889)
- John Warburtonb. 1899GBBritish actor, 1903-1981
- Cotton Warburtonb. 1911USAmerican film editor and football player (1911-1982)
- Harry Warburtonb. 1925CHbobsledder (1925-2005)
- Mark Warburtonb. 1962GBEnglish football manager (born 1962)
- Patrick Warburtonb. 1964USAmerican actor
- David Warburtonb. 1965GBBritish Conservative MP (1965–2025)
- Tom Warburtonb. 1968USAmerican animator
- Matt Warburtonb. 1978UStelevision writer and producer
- Sam Warburtonb. 1988GBWelsh rugby union player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 20 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 10K | #758 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 2.8K | #11,343 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 2.7K | #11,231 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 2.6K | #11,150 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Warburton mean, and where does it come from?
- ‘person from Warburton’, Cheshire, ‘Wterburh’s farmstead’. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- How do you pronounce Warburton?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈwɔɹbɝtən/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Warburton have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 28 thousand people named Warburton in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled warburton.
- How common is the name Warburton?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,781 people named Warburton in 2010, about 1 in 120 thousand residents.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Warburton”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.