Last Name WASHBURN

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Meaning	Local: Of Washbourn, a parish in county Gloucester. Also a chapelry in the parish of Overbury, county Worcester.

Origin	English, Irish

Rank	1,685 (2000 US census)	1,763 (1990 US census)

Count	19,505 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

93.66%, or 18268 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
1.38%, or 269 total occurrences, as black,
0.48%, or 94 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1.65%, or 322 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.44%, or 281 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.39%, or 271 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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English surnames

English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...

Shortest last names

The 2000 USA census contains no surnames with ONE character. The shortest last names there have at least two characters in them. We found 175 of those. It does not mean that a one character name does not exist. The census data only contain surnames that occurred at lea...