Wedderburn

English

Etymology

Scottish habitational surname from a place in Berwickshire, from Old English weþer (“wether, castrated ram”) + burna (“stream, burn”).

Proper noun

Wedderburn (countable and uncountable, plural Wedderburns)

1. A surname from Old English.
2. An unincorporated community in Curry County, Oregon, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Wedderburn is the 24961^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 996 individuals. Wedderburn is most common among Black/African American (79.02%) and White (12.05%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wedderburn”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.