Wijnterp Surname

3,274,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Wijnterp Surname User-submission:

It's a Frisian surname. Friesland is a province in the north of The Netherlands.

The Frisians have their own language. Because The Netherlands and Friesland and below sea level, villages were built on top of an artificial hill named terp.

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Wijnterp Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands231:734,22557,169
France101:6,642,272293,169
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040

Wijnterp Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

It's a Frisian surname. Friesland is a province in the north of The Netherlands.

The Frisians have their own language. Because The Netherlands and Friesland and below sea level, villages were built on top of an artificial hill named terp. Living in the Frisian language is weine. So the etymology for this surname is: 'living on a hill'. In the Dutch language the 'ei' and the 'ij' have the same meaning. It's just another way of writing it. Weinterp or Wijnterp.

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Wijnterp Last Name Facts

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

Wijnterp is found in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Wijnterp click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wijnterp? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,274,477th most numerous last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. The last name Wijnterp is mostly found in Europe, where 92 percent of Wijnterp are found; 92 percent are found in Western Europe and 64 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 734,225. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: Friesland, where 43 percent reside, Overijssel, where 26 percent reside and South Holland, where 22 percent reside. Without taking into account The Netherlands this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in France, where 28 percent reside and The United States, where 8 percent reside.

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