Wijnterp Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnameWijnterp Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 23 | 1:734,225 | 57,169 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
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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Where Does The Last Name Wijnterp Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wijnterp is found most in The Netherlands. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wijnterp? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,274,477th most common family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of Wijnterp live; 92 percent live in Western Europe and 64 percent live in Germanic Europe.
Wijnterp is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 734,225. In The Netherlands Wijnterp is most common in: Friesland, where 43 percent reside, Overijssel, where 26 percent reside and South Holland, where 22 percent reside. Outside of 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.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winjterp | 88 | 1 | / |
| Winterope | 82 | 0 | / |
| Wintrip | 80 | 317 | / |
| Wintrup | 80 | 172 | / |
| Wintrop | 80 | 11 | / |
| Weintrop | 75 | 76 | / |
| Waintrop | 75 | 21 | / |
| Waintrup | 75 | 12 | / |
| Winthorp | 75 | 9 | / |
| Wintrhop | 75 | 2 | / |
| Wientorp | 75 | 2 | / |
| Winetrop | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wintrowp | 75 | 0 | / |
| Winterbo | 75 | 0 | / |
| Wintroup | 75 | 0 | / |
| Windtorp | 75 | 0 | / |
| Weintraup | 71 | 6 | / |
| Winter Be | 71 | 1 | / |
| Winterboe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Winterboo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Windthrop | 71 | 0 | / |
| Wentrup | 67 | 184 | / |
| Wontrop | 67 | 73 | / |
| Wentorp | 67 | 64 | / |
| Wintrob | 67 | 60 | / |
| Windrup | 67 | 31 | / |
| Wintrub | 67 | 10 | / |
| Windarp | 67 | 8 | / |
| Winterbagh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wentrop | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weinteraub | 67 | 1 | / |
| Winterbugh | 67 | 0 | / |
| Windrop | 67 | 0 | / |
| Vindtorp | 63 | 1 | / |
| Ventorp | 53 | 12 | / |
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