Newburn

English

Etymology

The Fife place-name was historically Nithbren (1150). Possibly from Pictish, perhaps from *Nith, an ethonym, with a cognate of Welsh bryn (“hill”) or Welsh pren (“tree”).

Proper noun

Newburn (countable and uncountable, plural Newburns)

1. A surname.
2. A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, west of the city and on the north bank of the Tyne (OS grid ref NZ1665).
3. A civil parish of Fife, Scotland.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Newburn is the 18423^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1503 individuals. Newburn is most common among White (74.72%) and Black/African American (19.69%) individuals.