Windeman Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Windeman Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Windeman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden201:492,33835,486
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Windeman Last Name Facts

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

Windeman is found most frequently in Sweden. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Windeman? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,034,050th most commonly held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. Windeman occurs mostly in Europe, where 88 percent of Windeman live; 88 percent live in Northern Europe and 88 percent live in Scandinavia.

It is most frequent in Sweden, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 492,338. In Sweden it is primarily found in: Västra Götaland County, where 70 percent reside and Halland County, where 30 percent reside. Other than Sweden this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 8 percent reside and Finland, where 4 percent reside.

Windeman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Windeman has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Windeman last name decreased 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Windeman
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