Wind Surname
Approximately 17,407 people bear this surname
Wind Surname Definition:
(English) Dweller on the narrow street or passage turning off from the main thoroughfare.
Wind Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,778 | 1:95,939 | 10,736 |
| Germany | 3,135 | 1:25,680 | 3,398 |
| Netherlands | 2,868 | 1:5,888 | 636 |
| Denmark | 1,692 | 1:3,336 | 281 |
| Iran | 1,500 | 1:51,188 | 5,688 |
| Austria | 838 | 1:10,162 | 1,353 |
| Saudi Arabia | 557 | 1:55,396 | 7,891 |
| Australia | 336 | 1:80,344 | 9,348 |
| United Arab Emirates | 311 | 1:29,461 | 3,225 |
| Canada | 277 | 1:133,017 | 13,807 |
| Israel | 220 | 1:38,898 | 5,337 |
| France | 209 | 1:317,812 | 48,279 |
| England | 175 | 1:318,389 | 23,763 |
| India | 159 | 1:4,824,311 | 122,508 |
| Hong Kong | 155 | 1:47,326 | 847 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| China | 138 | 1:9,908,127 | 622 |
| Switzerland | 95 | 1:86,452 | 9,661 |
| Sweden | 88 | 1:111,895 | 8,035 |
| Hungary | 80 | 1:122,703 | 11,458 |
| New Zealand | 77 | 1:58,809 | 9,204 |
| Italy | 68 | 1:899,363 | 66,781 |
| Portugal | 66 | 1:157,852 | 6,835 |
| Brazil | 49 | 1:4,368,864 | 116,514 |
| Poland | 30 | 1:1,266,958 | 80,461 |
| Thailand | 29 | 1:2,435,805 | 267,220 |
| South Africa | 28 | 1:1,934,918 | 88,980 |
| Vietnam | 28 | 1:3,308,788 | 2,300 |
| Czechia | 27 | 1:393,832 | 45,478 |
| Argentina | 15 | 1:2,849,561 | 122,961 |
| Finland | 14 | 1:392,622 | 26,475 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| Spain | 14 | 1:3,339,431 | 67,428 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Liberia | 11 | 1:400,776 | 20,681 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Norway | 9 | 1:571,365 | 44,190 |
| Costa Rica | 8 | 1:597,509 | 4,667 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| Peru | 7 | 1:4,540,589 | 34,489 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:442,076 | 21,198 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| South Korea | 5 | 1:10,248,051 | 1,694 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Faroe Islands | 2 | 1:24,499 | 1,578 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 16 | 1:276,867 | 11,455 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 141 | 1:172,875 | 14,534 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:935,804 | 21,348 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 440 | 1:114,133 | 11,279 |
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.
Wind is a surname of the Luba-lunda tribe, meaning: wind.
Wind Demographics
Wind Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windt | 89 | 3,281 | / |
| Waind | 89 | 254 | / |
| Windh | 89 | 208 | / |
| Weind | 89 | 32 | / |
| Windå | 89 | 14 | / |
| Winnd | 89 | 8 | / |
| Wiend | 89 | 1 | / |
| Wiond | 89 | 0 | / |
| Wnd | 86 | 5 | / |
| Weindt | 80 | 16 | / |
| Windås | 80 | 15 | / |
| Windte | 80 | 8 | / |
| Whaind | 80 | 5 | / |
| Wintdt | 80 | 2 | / |
| Waindt | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wiendt | 80 | 0 | / |
| Bind | 75 | 98,499 | / |
| Vind | 75 | 39,553 | / |
| Wint | 75 | 29,868 | / |
| Wend | 75 | 1,580 | / |
| Wynd | 75 | 996 | / |
| Whnd | 75 | 5 | / |
| Uind | 75 | 4 | / |
| Wndd | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wjnd | 75 | 1 | / |
| Vwnd | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wünd | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wwnd | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wnhd | 75 | 1 | / |
| Windsch | 73 | 20 | / |
| Windová | 73 | 17 | / |
| D'windt | 73 | 8 | / |
| Wendt | 67 | 62,797 | / |
| Winte | 67 | 250 | / |
| Weand | 67 | 233 | / |
| Vindt | 67 | 124 | / |
| Bindt | 67 | 118 | / |
| Binnd | 67 | 112 | / |
| Waint | 67 | 87 | / |
| Bindh | 67 | 85 | / |
| Whint | 67 | 83 | / |
| Wincz | 67 | 69 | / |
| Wynds | 67 | 57 | / |
| Bindd | 67 | 26 | / |
| Winth | 67 | 23 | / |
| Vindh | 67 | 18 | / |
| Wendh | 67 | 11 | / |
| Weint | 67 | 10 | / |
| Vinnd | 67 | 9 | / |
| Windtová | 67 | 9 | / |
| Waynd | 67 | 7 | / |
| Wendp | 67 | 5 | / |
| Bindå | 67 | 5 | / |
| Waend | 67 | 4 | / |
| Viond | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wendd | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wintt | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wyndt | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wentd | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wintå | 67 | 3 | / |
| Viend | 67 | 2 | / |
| Weend | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bintd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vijnd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Winnt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wyndh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wojnd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wient | 67 | 1 | / |
| Huind | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vimnd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bihnd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wiont | 67 | 0 | / |
| Weynd | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wyond | 67 | 0 | / |
| Whynd | 67 | 0 | / |
Wind Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wind in the Hindi language | ||
| विन्द | vinda | - |
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