Winds Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Austria

Winds Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Winds Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands41:4,221,794131,139
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
England21:27,859,030389,889
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States481:1,046,22361,047

Winds (59) may also be a first name.

Winds Last Name Facts

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

The surname Winds occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Winds? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,057,639th most frequently held family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name Winds occurs predominantly in Europe, where 67 percent of Winds live; 47 percent live in Western Europe and 47 percent live in Germanic Europe. Winds is also the 1,282,666th most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 59 people.

The last name Winds is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 4,221,794. In The Netherlands it is most prevalent in: Groningen, where 100 percent live. Besides The Netherlands this last name exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 20 percent live and England, where 13 percent live.

Winds Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Winds has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Winds surname contracted 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Winds Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Winds surname is primarily Anglican (67%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Windås9115/
Windsh915/
Windsc911/
Wiends911/
Windsch8320/
Wynds8057/
Wints8013/
Binds805/
Windz803/
Wincs801/
Wends800/
Wiendz7316/
Wintse735/
Wintsz735/
Wendse732/
Winchs731/
Wintsh730/
Wendts730/
Wintzs730/
Winz671,036/
Wintsch67564/
Wündsch67102/
Winc679/
Wendsch676/
Wnzs673/
Wuintts671/
Wnts671/
Wndc671/
Vnds671/
Waintse671/
Wuendsh671/

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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 Winds
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