Window Surname

233,514th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,727 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Window Surname Definition:

Windo, an old German personal name.

Window Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1,2291:13,9292,189
England2791:199,70617,470
Zimbabwe1181:130,83317,313
Nigeria371:4,787,642126,894
Wales321:96,7047,743
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1781:136,94012,480
Wales211:74,6863,520
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States761:660,77243,333

Window (216) may also be a first name.

Window Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Windo, an old German personal name.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Ferguson gives an Old German Windo, which Förstemann refers to the name of the people, the Wends. These names may however be from locality, perhaps from some such name as Windhaugh or Windhow. There is a place in Ruesia called Windau or Vindau.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Window Last Name Facts

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

The surname Window is found most in Malawi. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Window? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 233,514th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 4,219,772 people. The surname Window occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Window are found; 78 percent are found in Southern Africa and 78 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Window is also the 614,549th most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 216 people.

The surname Window is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is carried by 1,229 people, or 1 in 13,929. Outside of Malawi this last name exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in England, where 16 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 7 percent live.

Window Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Window has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Window last name rose 157 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 152 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Window Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Window earn notably more than the average income. In Canada they earn 19.12% more than the national average, earning $59,180 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wyndow8361/
Windaw8313/
Wendow832/
Vindow831/
Wendowa7720/
Windhof7718/
Wyndowe7712/
Windoft7711/
Windoff779/
Wendowf771/
Windauw771/
Windhoff7161/
Windhopf712/
Weindoff710/
Vindov677/
Bindof674/
Windav673/
Byndow672/
Bindob671/
Winduf671/
Bindov671/

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Window Reference & Research

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Winder FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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