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Woburn Surname Meaning

From Woburn (Beds) which is recorded as Woburne in 1086. Woburn Park in Chertsey (Surrey) which is recorded as Wobourne in 1216–72.

Woburn in Hankerton (Wilts) which is recorded as Woburne in 1257 or Wooburn (Bucks) which is recorded as Waborne in 1086 and Woburne in 120.

The Beds, Surrey, and Wilts place-names derive from Old English wōh ‘twisted, crooked’ + burna ‘stream’;

the Bucks place-name may have the same origin or may derive from Old English wāg ‘wall’ + burna meaning ‘stream with walled banks’.

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016

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You can see how Woburn families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Woburn family name was found in the USA, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Woburn families were found in USA in 1880. In 1861 there was 1 Woburn family living in Lanarkshire. This was 100% of all the recorded Woburn's in Scotland. Lanarkshire had the highest population of Woburn families in 1861.

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