Wijnstra Surname
Approximately 606 people bear this surname
Wijnstra Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 584 | 1:28,916 | 4,744 |
| Austria | 11 | 1:774,130 | 64,097 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Wijnstra Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wijnstra Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wijnstra is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wijnstra? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wijnstra is the 532,873rd most frequently held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 12,025,653 people. Wijnstra occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Wijnstra live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 584 people, or 1 in 28,916. In The Netherlands it is most numerous in: Friesland, where 45 percent live, South Holland, where 13 percent live and Groningen, where 8 percent live. Besides The Netherlands this surname exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 2 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wienstra | 88 | 2 | / |
| Winstrad | 88 | 0 | / |
| Winstread | 82 | 1 | / |
| Winstraus | 82 | 0 | / |
| Wynstra | 80 | 199 | / |
| Vinstra | 80 | 14 | / |
| Wijnstroot | 78 | 43 | / |
| Weinstraht | 78 | 0 | / |
| Winstrop | 75 | 0 | / |
| Winstroh | 75 | 0 | / |
| Wienstroh | 71 | 2 | / |
| Winstroth | 71 | 2 | / |
| Winstreet | 71 | 1 | / |
| Venstra | 67 | 122 | / |
| Benstra | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wymstra | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wenstro | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wenstrauss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Veenstra | 63 | 18,013 | / |
| Weemstra | 63 | 45 | / |
| Vennstra | 63 | 7 | / |
| Beenstra | 63 | 3 | / |
| Wenstrop | 63 | 1 | / |
| Wynstroot | 59 | 2 | / |
| Benstry | 53 | 0 | / |
| Veemstra | 50 | 2 | / |
| Veenstre | 50 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wijnstra
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