Winfried Surname

2,007,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 87 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Aruba

Winfried Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Winfried Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany681:1,183,90477,258
Austria91:946,15970,786
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Aruba11:103,4772,586
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Winfried (97,763) may also be a first name.

Winfried Last Name Facts

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

The last name Winfried is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Winfried? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,007,164th most commonly occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 83,764,896 people. Winfried occurs predominantly in Europe, where 91 percent of Winfried reside; 89 percent reside in Western Europe and 89 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 10,409th most commonly used first name globally, held by 97,763 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 68 people, or 1 in 1,183,904. In Germany it is most frequent in: Hesse, where 24 percent reside, Brandenburg, where 16 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 16 percent reside. Apart from Germany this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 10 percent reside and The United States, where 6 percent reside.

Winfried Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Winfried has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Winfried surname rose 167 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Winfred931,202/
Winfrid9316/
Wnfried932/
Winfread880/
Winfreed880/
Vinfred803/
Winfrit801/
Wnfreid801/
Binfred800/
Vnfried800/
Wenfred800/
Benfried751/
Benfrid67593/
Benfred6713/
Benfraid631/
Benfrrid631/

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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 Winfried
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