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 surname Winifred occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Winifred? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 255,670th most prevalent last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 4,722,972 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Winifred reside; 81 percent reside in Central Africa and 81 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Winifred is also the 8,856th most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 116,418 people.
The last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 1,258 people, or 1 in 16,510. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 81 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 10 percent reside and Centre Region, where 4 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon it exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 14 percent reside and Saint Lucia, where 1 percent reside.
Winifred Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Winifred has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Winifred last name expanded 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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