Windso Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
China
Highest density in:
Portugal

Windso Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Windso Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Windso (31) may also be a first name.

Windso Last Name Facts

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

Windso is found most in China. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Windso.

How Common Is The Last Name Windso? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,968,613th most commonly held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 25 percent of Windso live; 25 percent live in Southern Africa and 25 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Windso is also the 1,874,099th most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 31 people.

The surname Windso is most numerous in China, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 1,367,321,566. Other than China this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Portugal, where 25 percent reside and South Africa, where 25 percent reside.

Windso Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Windso has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Windso surname fell 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Windsio921/
Windsot920/
Windzio7723/
Winco7326/
Winzo7313/
Wncso731/
Windshah7112/
Winczo6790/
Wentso6748/
Wincho6744/
Bindsa673/
Bintso673/
Wendsa672/
Vintso671/
Vindzo671/
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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 Windso
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