Windel Surname

369,806th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 972 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
United States Virgin Islands

Windel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Windel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany5821:138,32616,792
United States2131:1,701,685112,840
France921:721,98690,334
England331:1,688,42669,999
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
Denmark111:513,15632,022
Wales61:515,75523,171
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:2,031,28160,933
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1381:363,90427,584

Windel (3,338) may also be a first name.

Windel Last Name Facts

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

Windel is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Windel? popularity and diffusion

It is the 369,806th most frequently used family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 7,497,475 people. Windel is predominantly found in Europe, where 75 percent of Windel reside; 70 percent reside in Western Europe and 61 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 123,556th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 3,338 people.

The surname Windel is most common in Germany, where it is held by 582 people, or 1 in 138,326. In Germany Windel is most common in: Lower Saxony, where 61 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 13 percent are found and Bremen, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Germany Windel occurs in 18 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 22 percent are found and France, where 9 percent are found.

Windel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Windel has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Windel surname rose 154 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 275 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Windel Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Windel surname are 23.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 70% registered with the party.

The amount Windel earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 3.18% more than the national average, earning $44,519 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.97% less than the national average, earning $41,747 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Windell921,757/
Weindel921,616/
Waindel9230/
Wiendel927/
Windoel921/
Windael921/
Windl91450/
Wndel911/
Weindell867/
Weinedel864/
Wiendell861/
Whindell860/
Wendel8324,407/
Vindel835,171/
Weindl833,373/
Bindel831,649/
Wiendl83903/
Wändel8340/
Windil832/
Wændel831/
Waindl831/
Wyndel831/
Wndl802/
Wendell776,477/
Vindell77787/
Bindell77128/
Wändell7721/
Wendehl7710/
Windill774/
Wenndel773/
Wyndell773/
Weendel771/
Hwendel770/
Wendl733,681/
Bindl731,261/
Vindl7342/
Wędel731/
Windllph711/
Wynndell711/
Wendeell711/
Wenduell711/
Weendell711/
Wuendell711/
Wendeldt710/
Bendel676,380/
Vendel672,458/
Böndel6742/
Bindil6720/
Vändel678/
Wendelová678/
Wendyl677/
Uendel674/
Bändel672/
D'Wendell671/
Wendelova671/
Windleová671/
Whenndell671/
Wemdel670/
Wendll670/
Wendil670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Windel
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