Winifred Surname

255,670th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,543 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Saint Lucia

Winifred Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Winifred Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1,2581:16,5102,268
Nigeria2181:812,58136,138
Saint Lucia171:10,5171,068
England131:4,286,005132,302
Tanzania101:5,294,16157,086
India81:95,883,173728,828
Liberia81:551,06725,208
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Winifred (116,418) may also be a first name.

Winifred Last Name Facts

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

The last name Winifred is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Winifred.

How Common Is The Last Name Winifred? popularity and diffusion

The last name Winifred is the 255,670th most frequently used surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 4,722,972 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Winifred live; 81 percent live in Central Africa and 81 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 8,856th most commonly used given name world-wide, borne by 116,418 people.

Winifred is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 1,258 people, or 1 in 16,510. In Cameroon it is most common in: Northwest Region, where 81 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 10 percent are found and Centre Region, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon Winifred exists in 14 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 14 percent are found and Saint Lucia, where 1 percent are found.

Winifred Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Winifred has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name grew 650 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Winifred Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Winifred last name is primarily Catholic (75%) in Ireland.

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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 Winifred
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