Topics

• About the Warburton One-Name Study
• Origin of the surname
• Historical occurrences
• Frequency of the name
• Distribution of the name
• Data
• DNA project
• Contact Details

About the Warburton One-Name Study

The Warburton One-Name Study website can be found at:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~warburton/

The information on this page is expanded upon on the website.

Origin of the surname

Warburton is a locative name deriving from the hamlet of Warburton in Cheshire.

Historical occurrences

The hamlet of Warburton was named after a Saxon princess and saint. The earliest known person the adopt the name lived in the 13th century. He was in turn descended from a follower of William the Conqueror.

Frequency of the name

There are roughly 10,000 Warburtons in the UK today, most frequently in Lancashire, Cheshire, and Yorkshire.

Distribution of the name

Warburtons can be found in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the USA.

Data

My objective is to make all my data available on the website in an easily downloadable form.

DNA project

The study incorporates a Y-chromosome DNA project hosted at Family Tree DNA. To join the project go to: http://www.familytreedna.com/group-join.aspx?Group=Warburton

Results are reported on the Warburton project web page at: www.familytreedna.com/public/warburton.

They are also reported with additional commentary and on the Warburton Website at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~warburton/

Contact details

For further information, contact:

Mr Ray Warburton
E-mail:

This page last updated 13 January 2012.

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