Newburn
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Newburn (countable and uncountable, plural Newburns)
- A surname.
- 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). [1]
- A civil parish of Fife, Scotland.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Newburn is the 18423rd 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.