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.
  3. A suburb of Sydney in the Campbelltown council area, New South Wales, Australia.
  4. A town in the Shire of Loddon, north western Victoria, Australia.

Derived terms

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.

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