Pembroke is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Pembroke
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Pembroke

How popular is Pembroke?

Pembroke is ranked 163579 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Pembrokes plummeted by 2.425876 per cent to 724 since 2000 and slipped by 2000 spots and ranked at 31873. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 88.81 88.41
Black 7.18 8.49
Others 2.76 1.48
Pembroke is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Gibraltar. Around 2247 people have been found who wears Pembroke as their family name. Pembroke is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
184,212 France3
24,766 Scotland2
118,441 Germany2
36,678 Singapore1
7,191 Afghanistan1
118,015 Netherlands1
12,270 Lebanon1
1,254 Gibraltar1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
21,268 New Zealand21
94,038 Spain11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
56,973 South Africa73
6,104 Wales56
Countries with hundreds of Pembroke:
30,247 United States980
10,704 England592
10,468 Australia266
26,200 Canada131
3,646 Ireland104

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Christopher Pembroke worked as farmer and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 35 years old embarked for USA from Tralee on Heather Bell and arrived on May 5, 1849. 35 years old Margaret Pembroke, 5 years old Mary Pembroke, Johannah Pembroke, aged Born at sea, Servant Thomas Pembroke, John Pembroke, aged 21, Mary Pembroke (30) Workwoman, Henry Pembroke, aged Born at sea, Cather. Pembroke, aged 50, and 8 other Pembroke around 44.44% of whom were servant while others worked as workman migrated to US from Tralee, Liverpool and Limerick.

Pembroke Namesakes

  • Hugh Pembroke Vowles, Engineer
  • Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke, Earl of Pembroke
  • Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke, Earl of Pembroke
  • Sidney Herbert, 14th Earl of Pembroke, Earl of Pembroke
  • William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, Earl of Pembroke
  • Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke, Earl of Pembroke
  • William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, Earl of Pembroke
  • William Herbert, 18th Earl of Pembroke, Earl of Pembroke
  • William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke, Earl of Pembroke
  • Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke, Earl of Pembroke

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