Windhorn Surname

726,304th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 400 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Windhorn Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Windhorn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2511:320,73932,146
United States1481:2,449,047150,246
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States281:1,793,52492,026

Windhorn Last Name Facts

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

The last name Windhorn occurs most in Germany. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Windhorn? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 726,304th most frequent surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,218,865 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 63 percent of Windhorn reside; 63 percent reside in Western Europe and 63 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 251 people, or 1 in 320,739. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 74 percent reside, Bremen, where 17 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Germany Windhorn occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 37 percent reside and Switzerland, where 0 percent reside.

Windhorn Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Windhorn has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Windhorn surname grew 529 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Windhorn Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Windhorn surname are 15.13% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 61.9% registered with the party.

Windhorn earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 10.18% less than the national average, earning $38,758 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Windorn934/
Weindorn8821/
Windorne881/
Windharn880/
Windourne821/
Windurn808/
Windern801/
Bindorn800/
Winderen7517/
Wendorne751/
Vendorn671/
Bindurin631/
Vindurin631/
Bindarin631/
Bendharin595/
Wenderien590/
Bendaren5014/
Venduren500/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Windhorn
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