Wind Surname

30,671st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17,407 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Denmark

Wind Surname Definition:

(English) Dweller on the narrow street or passage turning off from the main thoroughfare.

Wind Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,7781:95,93910,736
Germany3,1351:25,6803,398
Netherlands2,8681:5,888636
Denmark1,6921:3,336281
Iran1,5001:51,1885,688
Austria8381:10,1621,353
Saudi Arabia5571:55,3967,891
Australia3361:80,3449,348
United Arab Emirates3111:29,4613,225
Canada2771:133,01713,807
Israel2201:38,8985,337
France2091:317,81248,279
England1751:318,38923,763
India1591:4,824,311122,508
Hong Kong1551:47,326847
Egypt1531:600,88732,813
China1381:9,908,127622
Switzerland951:86,4529,661
Sweden881:111,8958,035
Hungary801:122,70311,458
New Zealand771:58,8099,204
Italy681:899,36366,781
Portugal661:157,8526,835
Brazil491:4,368,864116,514
Poland301:1,266,95880,461
Thailand291:2,435,805267,220
South Africa281:1,934,91888,980
Vietnam281:3,308,7882,300
Czechia271:393,83245,478
Argentina151:2,849,561122,961
Finland141:392,62226,475
Indonesia141:9,446,371356,066
Spain141:3,339,43167,428
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
Liberia111:400,77620,681
Malaysia91:3,277,136121,952
Norway91:571,36544,190
Costa Rica81:597,5094,667
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Philippines81:12,654,778228,986
Peru71:4,540,58934,489
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Wales71:442,07621,198
Belgium51:2,299,329106,824
South Korea51:10,248,0511,694
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
Armenia21:1,465,09016,492
Burkina Faso21:9,176,05023,741
Faroe Islands21:24,4991,578
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Cook Islands11:18,1791,485
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Dominica11:75,891912
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
South Sudan11:11,415,0763,182
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland161:276,86711,455
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1411:172,87514,534
Scotland41:935,80421,348
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4401:114,13311,279

Wind (1,047) may also be a first name.

Wind Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Dweller on the narrow street or passage turning off from the main thoroughfare.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Wind is a surname of the Luba-lunda tribe, meaning: wind.

The Names of Zambia (2019) by Simboma Mubita Lukama

Wind Last Name Facts

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

Wind (Hindi: विन्द) is found most frequently in The United States. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wind? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 30,671st most frequent family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 418,656 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 54 percent of Wind live; 41 percent live in Western Europe and 40 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 247,516th most commonly held first name internationally. It is borne by 1,047 people.

The surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 3,778 people, or 1 in 95,939. In The United States it is most frequent in: New York, where 12 percent are found, California, where 9 percent are found and Missouri, where 8 percent are found. Other than The United States this last name is found in 97 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 18 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 16 percent are found.

Wind Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wind has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wind last name increased 859 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 124 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 175 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 94 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Wind Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Orthodox (74%) in Russia.

In The United States Wind are 13.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Wind earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 17.99% more than the national average, earning 408,344 kr per year; in Peru they earn 59.61% less than the national average, earning S/. 7,830 per year; in South Africa they earn 16.46% more than the national average, earning R 276,744 per year; in United States they earn 9.43% more than the national average, earning $47,216 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.81% more than the national average, earning $56,542 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Windt893,281/
Waind89254/
Windh89208/
Weind8932/
Windå8914/
Winnd898/
Wiend891/
Wiond890/
Wnd865/
Weindt8016/
Windås8015/
Windte808/
Whaind805/
Wintdt802/
Waindt801/
Wiendt800/
Bind7598,499/
Vind7539,553/
Wint7529,868/
Wend751,580/
Wynd75996/
Whnd755/
Uind754/
Wndd751/
Wjnd751/
Vwnd751/
Wünd751/
Wwnd751/
Wnhd751/
Windsch7320/
Windová7317/
D'windt738/
Wendt6762,797/
Winte67250/
Weand67233/
Vindt67124/
Bindt67118/
Binnd67112/
Waint6787/
Bindh6785/
Whint6783/
Wincz6769/
Wynds6757/
Bindd6726/
Winth6723/
Vindh6718/
Wendh6711/
Weint6710/
Vinnd679/
Windtová679/
Waynd677/
Wendp675/
Bindå675/
Waend674/
Viond673/
Wendd673/
Wintt673/
Wyndt673/
Wentd673/
Wintå673/
Viend672/
Weend672/
Bintd671/
Vijnd671/
Winnt671/
Wyndh671/
Wojnd671/
Wient671/
Huind671/
Vimnd671/
Bihnd671/
Wiont670/
Weynd670/
Wyond670/
Whynd670/

Wind Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Wind in the Hindi language
विन्दvinda-

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