Windster Surname

202,789th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,053 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Curaçao
Highest density in:
Curaçao

Windster Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Windster Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Curaçao1,9501:8127
Netherlands931:181,58325,939
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109

Windster Last Name Facts

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

The last name Windster occurs more in Curaçao more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Windster? popularity and diffusion

It is the 202,789th most commonly occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,549,706 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 95 percent of Windster live; 95 percent live in Caribbean and 95 percent live in Batavo-Caribbean.

Windster is most frequent in Curaçao, where it is held by 1,950 people, or 1 in 81. Barring Curaçao this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 5 percent live and The Dominican Republic, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Windstey8813/
Windsted881/
Wintster881/
Windstep880/
Windstedt8213/
Winchster821/
Winchter750/
Wintstead712/
Vincter675/
Binchter630/

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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
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  • 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 Windster
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