as a Last Name
- 13,092
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Kimbrough
Meaning & Origins
English: from the female personal name Kynborough, recorded in Suffolk, England, as late as the 16th and 17th centuries. Although there is no Middle English evidence for it, this probably represents a survival of Old English female personal name Cyneburh, composed of the elements cyne- ‘royal’ + burh ‘fortress’, ‘stronghold’. This was the name of a daughter of the 7th-century King Penda of Mercia, who, in spite of her father's staunch opposition to Christianity, was converted and founded an abbey, serving as its head. She was venerated as a saint, and gave her name to the village of Kimberley in Norfolk. The surname is now almost extinct in England, but continues to flourish in the U.S.
| 2,777th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 13,092
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Alabama
- has the most people named Kimbrough per capita
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