Winston Forename
7,201st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 145,370 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Barbados
Winston Forename Definition:
A male name. used as a christian name in the Churchill family since Sir Winston Churchill (b. 1620), father of the first Duke of Marlborough, whose mother was Sarah Winston, d. of Sir Henry Winston of Standish in Gloucestershire. The name is derived from the hamlet of Winston near Cirencester.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 34,214 | 1:10,596 | 1,116 |
| Jamaica | - | 15,470 | 1:186 | 7 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 11,476 | 1:618 | 150 |
| Philippines | 100% | 11,055 | 1:9,589 | 1,314 |
| South Africa | 100% | 8,016 | 1:6,803 | 1,259 |
| Canada | 100% | 5,522 | 1:6,000 | 867 |
| England | 100% | 5,352 | 1:10,389 | 813 |
| Malawi | 100% | 4,040 | 1:4,236 | 656 |
| Liberia | 100% | 3,505 | 1:1,259 | 234 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 3,141 | 1:433 | 35 |
| Ghana | 100% | 2,641 | 1:10,218 | 989 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 2,218 | 1:9,377 | 1,424 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 2,088 | 1:4,996 | 734 |
| Zambia | - | 1,976 | 1:8,024 | 953 |
| Guyana | 100% | 1,841 | 1:415 | 18 |
| Barbados | - | 1,782 | 1:163 | 11 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 1,695 | 1:17,818 | 1,565 |
| Ecuador | - | 1,691 | 1:10,483 | 837 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,574 | 1:19,576 | 2,599 |
| Kenya | 100% | 1,509 | 1:30,687 | 2,548 |
| Peru | 100% | 1,470 | 1:21,627 | 1,671 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 1,374 | 1:38,419 | 3,097 |
| Brazil | 100% | 1,342 | 1:159,639 | 7,654 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 1,099 | 1:234,726 | 21,799 |
| Suriname | 100% | 1,069 | 1:517 | 60 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 978 | 1:6,154 | 814 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 952 | 1:16,201 | 1,889 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 905 | 1:33,646 | 3,022 |
| Australia | - | 847 | 1:16,125 | 1,237 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 806 | 1:20,970 | 1,986 |
| India | 100% | 776 | 1:1,565,564 | 88,626 |
| Colombia | 100% | 716 | 1:66,730 | 2,624 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 635 | 1:5,398 | 517 |
| Singapore | 100% | 600 | 1:10,478 | 1,908 |
| Bahamas | - | 573 | 1:697 | 170 |
| Chile | 100% | 515 | 1:34,189 | 1,463 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 467 | 1:17,457 | 1,739 |
| China | - | 452 | 1:3,022,247 | 47,657 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 445 | 1:23,823 | 1,534 |
| Belize | 100% | 432 | 1:820 | 144 |
| New Zealand | - | 421 | 1:10,774 | 1,113 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 404 | 1:276 | 4 |
| Panama | 100% | 389 | 1:10,043 | 1,341 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 385 | 1:461,206 | 14,916 |
| Poland | 100% | 377 | 1:100,868 | 2,190 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 348 | 1:46,289 | 1,624 |
| Mexico | 99% | 323 | 1:384,348 | 4,930 |
| Wales | 100% | 290 | 1:10,670 | 835 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 280 | 1:355 | 20 |
| Uganda | 100% | 267 | 1:153,397 | 5,929 |
| Grenada | 99% | 249 | 1:434 | 48 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 237 | 1:20,118 | 1,374 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 234 | 1:760 | 107 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 221 | 1:248 | 14 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 220 | 1:32,509 | 3,147 |
| Haiti | 100% | 213 | 1:50,361 | 3,340 |
| Fiji | - | 173 | 1:5,158 | 1,243 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 163 | 1:673 | 118 |
| Honduras | 100% | 148 | 1:59,577 | 2,506 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 139 | 1:441 | 60 |
| Hong Kong | - | 132 | 1:58,733 | 2,571 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 130 | 1:567,905 | 19,370 |
| Swaziland | - | 128 | 1:10,158 | 1,360 |
| Malta | - | 125 | 1:3,435 | 545 |
| Kuwait | - | 123 | 1:30,775 | 2,974 |
| Thailand | 100% | 118 | 1:593,778 | 26,495 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 115 | 1:5,052 | 637 |
| Ireland | 100% | 104 | 1:44,649 | 1,521 |
| Scotland | 100% | 104 | 1:51,446 | 1,596 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 100 | 1:18,431 | 954 |
| Germany | 100% | 96 | 1:1,007,061 | 7,861 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 93 | 1:232,371 | 9,426 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 92 | 1:340 | 18 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 86 | 1:1,812 | 444 |
| Russia | 88% | 72 | 1:2,003,246 | 13,519 |
| Bermuda | - | 66 | 1:982 | 213 |
| Qatar | 100% | 59 | 1:40,163 | 5,201 |
| Aruba | - | 58 | 1:1,789 | 363 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 49 | 1:708 | 147 |
| France | 100% | 48 | 1:1,384,799 | 9,425 |
| Botswana | - | 47 | 1:46,478 | 4,592 |
| Namibia | - | 46 | 1:52,265 | 3,188 |
| El Salvador | - | 45 | 1:140,929 | 2,487 |
| Spain | 100% | 41 | 1:1,134,877 | 9,172 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 36 | 1:98,619 | 1,880 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 31 | 1:766,764 | 34,151 |
| Sweden | 100% | 30 | 1:328,597 | 9,713 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 29 | 1:249,545 | 3,601 |
| Italy | 97% | 21 | 1:2,907,719 | 17,790 |
| Denmark | - | 20 | 1:282,475 | 5,507 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 20 | 1:410,675 | 7,094 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 19 | 1:698 | 89 |
| Micronesia | - | 19 | 1:5,605 | 544 |
| Seychelles | - | 19 | 1:4,877 | 888 |
| Belgium | 100% | 18 | 1:638,336 | 9,306 |
| South Korea | - | 18 | 1:308,023 | 9,744 |
| Argentina | 100% | 17 | 1:2,516,073 | 8,541 |
| Norway | 100% | 16 | 1:320,771 | 6,812 |
| Montserrat | - | 14 | 1:348 | 24 |
| Japan | - | 12 | 1:10,665,505 | 35,725 |
| Cuba | - | 11 | 1:1,046,050 | 3,771 |
| Oman | - | 11 | 1:373,515 | 4,585 |
| Dominica | - | 10 | 1:7,547 | 350 |
| Mozambique | - | 9 | 1:3,027,040 | 2,336 |
| Vietnam | - | 9 | 1:10,291,457 | 4,134 |
| Israel | 100% | 8 | 1:1,050,365 | 14,379 |
| Myanmar | - | 8 | 1:6,493,534 | 1,948 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 8 | 1:24,294,710 | 113,215 |
| Guam | - | 7 | 1:22,949 | 2,164 |
| Jersey | - | 7 | 1:14,283 | 1,073 |
| Estonia | - | 6 | 1:219,230 | 6,245 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 6 | 1:8,538 | 1,253 |
| Czechia | 100% | 5 | 1:2,131,232 | 5,044 |
| Greece | - | 5 | 1:2,186,910 | 11,382 |
| Afghanistan | - | 4 | 1:8,155,879 | 35,337 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Bangladesh | - | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| Finland | 100% | 4 | 1:1,370,796 | 11,464 |
| Gambia | - | 4 | 1:481,649 | 818 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 4 | 1:509,999 | 25,489 |
| Macau | - | 4 | 1:152,052 | 991 |
| Mongolia | - | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| New Caledonia | - | 4 | 1:67,541 | 2,087 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Georgia | - | 3 | 1:1,246,155 | 15,822 |
| Moldova | - | 3 | 1:1,187,046 | 5,200 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Austria | 100% | 2 | 1:4,257,100 | 13,469 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Luxembourg | - | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Armenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Belarus | - | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | - | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
The alternate forms: Winstón (1) are calculated separately.
Winston (35,728) may also be a surname.
Winston Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. used as a christian name in the Churchill family since Sir Winston Churchill (b. 1620), father of the first Duke of Marlborough, whose mother was Sarah Winston, d. of Sir Henry Winston of Standish in Gloucestershire. The name is derived from the hamlet of Winston near Cirencester.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
A Teutonic name, meaning: Dweller in the friendly town.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Winston Forename Popularity
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Sample size: 9 (2016)
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