Windhager Surname

264,801st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,478 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Windhager Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Windhager Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria1,2161:7,003871
Germany1891:425,95538,510
United States191:19,076,786604,894
Hungary191:516,64632,401
Canada171:2,167,388133,872
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
England31:18,572,686338,250
France21:33,211,361423,184
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

The alternate forms: Windháger (1) are calculated separately.

Windhager Last Name Facts

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

Windhager is found in Austria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as: Windháger. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Windhager? popularity and diffusion

It is the 264,801st most common surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 4,930,681 people. The last name Windhager occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Windhager are found; 95 percent are found in Western Europe and 95 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequently used in Austria, where it is held by 1,216 people, or 1 in 7,003. In Austria it is primarily found in: Upper Austria, where 54 percent are found, Vienna, where 14 percent are found and Lower Austria, where 12 percent are found. Excluding Austria this last name is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 13 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Windhager Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Windhager earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 83.23% more than the national average, earning $79,062 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.73% more than the national average, earning $57,995 CAD per year.

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Windhager
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