Winkas Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Winkas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Winkas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Winkas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Winkas occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Winkas? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 10,311,814th most widely held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Winkas live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Winkas is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria Winkas is most common in: Lagos, where 100 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 33 percent live.
Winkas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Winkas has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Winkas surname declined 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winkaus | 92 | 6 | / |
| Winkhaus | 86 | 168 | / |
| Weinkaus | 86 | 3 | / |
| Wienkaus | 86 | 1 | / |
| Winkos | 83 | 7 | / |
| Vinkas | 83 | 2 | / |
| Wuinkhaus | 80 | 4 | / |
| Winkeis | 77 | 2 | / |
| Visnkas | 77 | 1 | / |
| Winkoss | 77 | 1 | / |
| Winkatz | 77 | 0 | / |
| Wönkhaus | 71 | 45 | / |
| Wünkhaus | 71 | 42 | / |
| Wenkhaus | 71 | 14 | / |
| Winkhous | 71 | 1 | / |
| Binkhash | 71 | 1 | / |
| Winkhouse | 67 | 13 | / |
| Woenkhaus | 67 | 11 | / |
| Wönckhaus | 67 | 8 | / |
| Vinkos | 67 | 8 | / |
| Winkoś | 67 | 6 | / |
| Vincas | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wincos | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wuenkhaus | 67 | 2 | / |
| Benkas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bincas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Venkas | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Winkas
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis