Windhäuser Surname

1,185,157th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 200 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Windhäuser Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Windhäuser Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1951:412,84937,725
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

The alternate forms: Windhauser (78) are calculated separately.

Windhäuser Last Name Facts

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

Windhäuser occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Windhauser. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Windhäuser? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,185,157th most frequent family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 36,437,730 people. Windhäuser is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Windhäuser live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 195 people, or 1 in 412,849. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 52 percent are found, Saarland, where 14 percent are found and Hesse, where 12 percent are found. Aside from Germany this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 1 percent are found and Switzerland, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Windhäuser
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis