Windum Surname

1,504,764th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 139 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Denmark

Windum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Windum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa651:833,50355,653
Denmark491:115,19810,655
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Windum Last Name Facts

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

The last name Windum is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Windum? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,504,764th most commonly held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 52,428,388 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 49 percent of Windum are found; 47 percent are found in Southern Africa and 47 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 65 people, or 1 in 833,503. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Western Cape, where 97 percent are found, Eastern Cape, where 2 percent are found and Gauteng, where 2 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 35 percent are found and Canada, where 10 percent are found.

Windum Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Windum earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 71.78% less than the national average, earning R 67,056 per year and in United States they earn 52.2% less than the national average, earning $20,625 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Waindum92167/
Weindum921/
Windhum921/
Windom832,978/
Vindum83339/
Bindum8321/
Wendum8316/
Windun832/
Wimdum831/
Wyndum831/
Windhom7765/
Bindoum7733/
Windhun7712/
Wendoum772/
Winduin771/
Bihndum771/
Windung771/
Wyndhum771/
Vindhum771/
Windunt770/
Wndom731/
Winduing713/
Windhaun710/
Windhune710/
Windon67879/
Byndum6760/
Bendum6751/
Bindun6723/
Windhusen6716/
Wyndom677/
Vindun673/
Wendom673/
Wouendoum671/
Vendum671/
Vyndum671/

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Windum Reference & Research

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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 Windum
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis