Winifred Surname
Approximately 1,543 people bear this surname
Winifred Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,258 | 1:16,510 | 2,268 |
| Nigeria | 218 | 1:812,581 | 36,138 |
| Saint Lucia | 17 | 1:10,517 | 1,068 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Liberia | 8 | 1:551,067 | 25,208 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,107,467 | 26,093 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Winifred (116,418) may also be a first name.
Winifred Demographics
Average Winifred Salary in
England
£34,946
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Winifred Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Winifred Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Winifred occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Winifred? popularity and diffusion
Winifred is the 255,670th most widespread last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 4,722,972 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Winifred are found; 81 percent are found in Central Africa and 81 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 8,856th most common first name internationally, held by 116,418 people.
It is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 1,258 people, or 1 in 16,510. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 81 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 10 percent are found and Centre Region, where 4 percent are found. Other than Cameroon it is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 14 percent are found and Saint Lucia, where 1 percent are found.
Winifred Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Winifred has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Winifred last name increased 650 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Winifred Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Catholic (75%) in Ireland.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winnifred | 94 | 36 | / |
| Winifreed | 94 | 2 | / |
| Winiefred | 94 | 1 | / |
| Winifread | 94 | 1 | / |
| Winifried | 94 | 0 | / |
| Winefred | 88 | 17 | / |
| Vinifred | 88 | 8 | / |
| Winifrid | 88 | 6 | / |
| Winiferd | 88 | 3 | / |
| Wunifred | 88 | 1 | / |
| Wenifred | 88 | 0 | / |
| Winnefred | 82 | 6 | / |
| Wennifred | 82 | 1 | / |
| Winniferd | 82 | 0 | / |
| Wenefred | 75 | 4 | / |
| Benifred | 75 | 3 | / |
| Winefret | 75 | 0 | / |
| Winefrid | 75 | 0 | / |
| Viniphred | 71 | 3 | / |
| Wineyferd | 71 | 0 | / |
| Winifrith | 71 | 0 | / |
| Winnifrith | 67 | 76 | / |
| Benefred | 63 | 1 | / |
| Winefrith | 59 | 0 | / |
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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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