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 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.

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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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