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 held by more people in China than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Windso? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,968,613th most prevalent family name globally It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name occurs predominantly 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 globally, held by 31 people.

The last name is most commonly held in China, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 1,367,321,566. Apart from China Windso is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Portugal, where 25 percent are found and South Africa, where 25 percent are found.

Windso Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Windso has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Windso last name 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/
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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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