Wingston Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Wingston Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wingston Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Wingston (376) may also be a first name.

Wingston Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wingston is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wingston? popularity and diffusion

Wingston is the 4,116,508th most frequent surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 39 percent of Wingston live; 39 percent live in Oceania Islands and 35 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 447,400th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 376 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 1,019,215. In Papua New Guinea Wingston is mostly found in: Jiwaka, where 100 percent live. Beside Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 17 percent live and The United States, where 17 percent live.

Wingston Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wingston has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wingston surname expanded 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wingston Last Name Statistics demography

Wingston earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 41.58% less than the national average, earning $25,208 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wingstone9478/
Bingston886/
Vingston882/
Wingstom881/
Winkston880/
Bengston751,914/
Binkston752/
Wengstom751/
Wängstam633/
Benxton530/
Vängstam505/

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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 Wingston
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