Windhorst Surname

127,342nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,563 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Windhorst Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Windhorst Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,8601:43,2835,683
United States1,1431:317,11228,974
Netherlands4811:35,1085,894
Canada301:1,228,18688,140
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
France101:6,642,272293,169
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
England51:11,143,612252,590
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1151:436,68431,761

Windhorst Last Name Facts

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

The last name Windhorst is most common in Germany. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Windhorst? popularity and diffusion

It is the 127,342nd most frequent last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 2,045,340 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 66 percent of Windhorst reside; 66 percent reside in Western Europe and 66 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 1,860 people, or 1 in 43,283. In Germany it is most frequent in: Lower Saxony, where 55 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 25 percent are found and Bremen, where 11 percent are found. Outside of Germany it exists in 15 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 32 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 13 percent are found.

Windhorst Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Windhorst has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Windhorst last name expanded 994 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Windhorst Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Windhorst surname are 16.31% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 63.08% being registered with the political party.

The amount Windhorst earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 118.96% more than the national average, earning R 520,344 per year; in United States they earn 8.69% more than the national average, earning $46,900 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.74% more than the national average, earning $50,050 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
  • 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 Windhorst
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