Wedderburn
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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)
- A surname from Old English.
- An unincorporated community in Curry County, Oregon, United States.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Wedderburn is the 24961st 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.