Winbush Surname

170,546th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,527 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Winbush Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Wimbush,' a parish in the Diocese of St. Alban's, Essex.

Thomas de Winebise, Leicestershire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

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Winbush Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,4911:145,50715,024
England191:2,932,529101,561
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England181:1,354,18747,798
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1881:267,12121,813

Winbush (17) may also be a first name.

Winbush Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Wimbush,' a parish in the Diocese of St. Alban's, Essex.

Thomas de Winebise, Leicestershire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

John de Wymbisse, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

John Wimbis, Essex, ibid.

Simon de Wymbisse, Essex, ibid.

The modern corruption was early anticipated in the following entry:

John Wymbusch, Patent Roll, 1 Henry VI.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

: v. Wimbush.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Wimbish, a parish in Essex.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Winbush Last Name Facts

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

The last name Winbush has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Winbush? popularity and diffusion

The last name Winbush is the 170,546th most prevalent family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 2,883,873 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Winbush live; 99 percent live in North America and 99 percent live in Anglo-North America. Winbush is also the 2,694,839th most common first name globally, borne by 17 people.

Winbush is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 2,491 people, or 1 in 145,507. In The United States it is most numerous in: Georgia, where 10 percent reside, California, where 9 percent reside and Louisiana, where 8 percent reside. Not including The United States it exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent reside and Germany, where 0 percent reside.

Winbush Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Winbush has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 1,325 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 106 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Winbush Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Winbush last name are 16.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 70% being registered to vote for the party.

Winbush earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 18.67% less than the national average, earning $35,094 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Winnbush934/
Wainbush930/
Winbus921/
Weinbusch884/
Wimbush863,101/
Winbuch861/
Wynbush861/
Winbust860/
Wenbush860/
Whimbush8016/
Wimbuish802/
Wimbushs801/
Winbutch800/
Wennbush800/
Wimbus7788/
Wimbosh711/
Wimbuch711/
Wembush710/
Wymbush710/
Benbusch671/
Bimbus622/
Wymbus621/
Benbus620/
Venbust573/
Bembush571/
Benbous571/

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Winbush Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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