Vinegar Surname

827,165th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 335 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Vinegar Surname Definition:

VINEGAR: The same as Winegar; from Old German win-ger, very warlike; or the same as Weniger, from German weniger, less. Wenige (G. wenig, little), Weniger, Winegar, Winger, and Vinegar are found in Bowditch.

Vinegar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2931:1,237,06187,515
Canada361:1,023,48976,466
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
England11:55,718,059489,080
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1941:258,85921,305

Vinegar (202) may also be a first name.

Vinegar Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

VINEGAR: The same as Winegar; from Old German win-ger, very warlike; or the same as Weniger, from German weniger, less. Wenige (G. wenig, little), Weniger, Winegar, Winger, and Vinegar are found in Bowditch.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Vinegar Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Vinegar Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Vinegar is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Vinegar? popularity and diffusion

The surname Vinegar is the 827,165th most commonly held last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 21,753,868 people. The surname Vinegar occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 95 percent of Vinegar live; 95 percent live in North America and 93 percent live in Anglo-North America. Vinegar is also the 637,340th most prevalent first name world-wide It is held by 202 people.

The surname Vinegar is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 293 people, or 1 in 1,237,061. In The United States it is most numerous in: Ohio, where 16 percent reside, Kentucky, where 16 percent reside and California, where 14 percent reside. Beside The United States it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 11 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.

Vinegar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Vinegar has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Vinegar last name expanded 151 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Vinegar Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Vinegar surname are 7.99% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 61.22% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Vinegar earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 4.63% less than the national average, earning $41,153 USD per year and in Canada they earn 31.86% more than the national average, earning $65,510 CAD per year.

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