Last Name PHILBURN

Summary/Contribute


Meaning User submitted: I was told by my great aunt that the original name was Philbin from Ireland. Apparently, there was a potato plague that hurt the ecomony in the 1500's and many Irish families went to England to look for work. The English changed the name to Philburn.
Origin Irish

Rank 114,166 (2000 US census)
Count 142 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 98.59%, or 140 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • undisclosed % as two or more races, and
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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