Wingstone Surname

2,136,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Wingstone Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wingstone 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
Tanzania731:725,22841,094
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299

Wingstone (220) may also be a first name.

Wingstone Last Name Facts

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

Wingstone occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Wingstone.

How Common Is The Last Name Wingstone? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,136,387th most widespread surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 93,430,076 people. The surname Wingstone occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Wingstone reside; 94 percent reside in East Africa and 94 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 608,246th most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 220 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 73 people, or 1 in 725,228. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Mwanza Region, where 100 percent live. Outside of Tanzania this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 5 percent live and The Solomon Islands, where 1 percent live.

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
Wingston9423/
Bingstone890/
Bingston826/
Vingston822/
Wingstom821/
Winkston820/
Bengston711,914/
Binkston712/
Wengstom711/
Wängstam593/
Benxton500/
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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 Wingstone
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