Winn Surname

10,037th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 56,022 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guernsey

Winn Surname Definition:

(Celtic) White, Fair; Blessed [Welsh g)wyn = Cornish g)win] Cp. Gwynn(e.

(English) 1 the common Anglo-Saxon pers. name Wine, Wina, Wini = Friend, Protector [Old English wine] Wini, the 7th-cent. bishop of London, bought the see from Wulfhere, king of the Mercians, as related by Bæda, 'Hist.

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Winn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31,2461:11,6001,447
Myanmar16,3581:3,175158
England4,4661:12,4761,841
Australia1,0891:24,7893,385
Canada7261:50,7526,139
Germany3341:241,03426,405
Liberia2881:15,3071,601
South Africa2541:213,29822,519
New Zealand2191:20,6773,621
Scotland1551:34,5413,395
Wales1361:22,7542,421
Singapore1031:53,4732,131
Papua New Guinea981:83,20111,009
Thailand441:1,605,417210,847
Malaysia421:702,24333,141
Guernsey371:1,742400
Trinidad and Tobago251:54,5594,614
Isle of Man241:3,576767
Taiwan241:976,8646,814
Ireland221:214,0438,362
Guam211:7,6251,143
Luxembourg211:27,6454,917
Spain201:2,337,60257,118
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Mexico151:8,275,08036,578
Czechia151:708,89864,682
Philippines141:7,231,302192,576
Switzerland131:631,76343,230
France121:5,535,227269,324
China121:113,943,4645,994
Sweden111:895,16066,831
Netherlands111:1,535,19878,311
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460
Guyana101:76,2225,818
Russia91:16,013,673414,297
Norway91:571,36544,190
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
Jersey71:14,1722,872
Hong Kong61:1,222,5805,222
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Afghanistan51:6,430,63727,710
South Korea41:12,810,0642,073
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Samoa41:48,452659
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Saint Kitts and Nevis21:27,6001,126
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Brunei11:418,7313,893
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Dominica11:75,891912
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland251:177,1958,871
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,8021:8,6991,311
Scotland941:39,8213,041
Wales291:54,0832,718
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8,7271:5,754716

Winn (1,735) may also be a first name.

Winn Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Celtic) White, Fair; Blessed [Welsh g)wyn = Cornish g)win] Cp. Gwynn(e.

(English) 1 the common Anglo-Saxon pers. name Wine, Wina, Wini = Friend, Protector [Old English wine] Wini, the 7th-cent. bishop of London, bought the see from Wulfhere, king of the Mercians, as related by Bæda, 'Hist. Eccl.,’ III. vii.

2 the Anglo-Saxon Winn, Winne, Wynna [from Old English ge)winn, war, battle] Johannes Wynne (Lond.).—Inq. ad q. Damn., A.D. 1421-2.

Godfrey Wynne.—Chester Freemen, A.D. 1582-3.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Dweller at a meadow or pasture.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Welsh. The same as Gwynne-white, fair. All Welsh words commencing with G drop the initial in certain cases; thus gwyn, when employed as an epithet to a proper name, becomes wyn, as Hymel Wyn-Howel the Fair.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Corn, gwyn (W. id. ), white.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

William Win, Normandy 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); John, William, Wine, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum). Some families of the name are Cambro-Celtic.

The Norman People (1874)

Winn has long been a Lincoln name: a sheriff of the city bore the name in the reign of Charles II., and there was another sheriff called Winn in 1807 (St.). The name was represented in Wrangle as far back as the reign of Edward III. (T.). There are still Winns in Lincoln.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Wynne is the North Wales and Shropshire form of the South Wales and Monmouthshire name of Gwyn or Gwynne.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Winn Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Winn Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Winn occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Winn? popularity and diffusion

The surname Winn is the 10,037th most common surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 130,084 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 49 percent of Winn are found; 49 percent are found in North America and 49 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Winn is also the 184,185th most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 1,735 people.

The surname Winn is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 31,246 people, or 1 in 11,600. In The United States it is most common in: Texas, where 12 percent reside, California, where 10 percent reside and Georgia, where 5 percent reside. Apart from The United States Winn occurs in 87 countries. It is also found in Myanmar, where 29 percent reside and England, where 8 percent reside.

Winn Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Winn has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 358 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 159 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 165 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 469 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 12 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Winn Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Catholic (88%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Winn surname are 13.27% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60.04% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Winn earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 122.08% more than the national average, earning 768,561 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 0.74% less than the national average, earning R 235,872 per year; in United States they earn 0.36% more than the national average, earning $43,303 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.5% more than the national average, earning $51,420 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Winne892,375/
Whinn89148/
Wionn899/
Winnd898/
Weinn896/
Wuinn894/
Winnk894/
Hwinn893/
Winnn891/
Wainn891/
Win86826,290/
Wnn8610/
Wijnne80128/
Wainne808/
Whinne807/
Weinne800/
Winnng800/
Wynn7566,683/
Wain7511,253/
Wine7510,917/
Wein756,785/
Wien754,064/
Wenn752,782/
Binn75737/
Wijn75723/
Woin75342/
Vinn75281/
Wünn7550/
Wänn7544/
Wuin7539/
Winh7516/
Whin7512/
Uinn7510/
Hwin756/
Wwnn752/
Hwnn752/
Wimn751/
Wnne751/
Wnnh751/
Wnnn751/
Wihn750/
Winnová7316/
Wynne6729,525/
Waine677,502/
Wn67770/
Wiehn67600/
Weine67267/
Wijne67216/
Wøien67210/
Windh67208/
Wenne67185/
Weijn67162/
Whynn67119/
Vinne6796/
Vienn6740/
Whine6738/
Whein6737/
Weihn6729/
Wenng6722/
Wuine6721/
Wingh6720/
Wincq6720/
Hwynn6716/
Windå6714/
Wuenn6713/
Woine6713/
Vinnå6711/
Vinnd679/
Waenn677/
Whain677/
Whenn676/
Win'e676/
Wönne675/
Hwain674/
Waain674/
Waynn673/
Wingg673/
Hwein673/
Wintå673/
Vinnh672/
Waijn672/
Wainø672/
Wincc671/
Wynnc671/
Wynng671/
Wynnk671/
Wennt671/
Huinn671/
Hwine671/
Woinh671/
Hwijn671/
Hwink671/
Wijnk671/
Vinng671/
Wennk671/
Winkc671/
Uinng671/
Uinnq671/
Wwihn671/
Weynn670/
Woenn670/
Vuinn670/

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