Winkvist Surname
Approximately 122 people bear this surname
Winkvist Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 108 | 1:91,174 | 6,647 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Winkvist Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Winkvist Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Winkvist is held by more people in Sweden than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Winkvist? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,637,889th most commonly held family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 59,733,983 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Winkvist reside; 98 percent reside in Northern Europe and 95 percent reside in Scandinavia.
The surname is most commonly held in Sweden, where it is borne by 108 people, or 1 in 91,174. In Sweden Winkvist is primarily concentrated in: Skåne County, where 37 percent live, Västra Götaland County, where 23 percent live and Uppsala County, where 12 percent live. Apart from Sweden this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Finland, where 6 percent live and England, where 3 percent live.
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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
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- 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 Winkvist
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