Winness Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Winness Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Winness Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway261:197,78022,769
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Winness (74) may also be a first name.

Winness Last Name Facts

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

The surname Winness is found most frequently in Norway. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Winness? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,100,440th most frequently occurring family name globally It is held by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 68 percent of Winness reside; 68 percent reside in Northern Europe and 68 percent reside in Scandinavia. It is also the 1,125,792nd most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 74 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Norway, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 197,780. In Norway it is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Norway, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Norway Winness occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 23 percent are found and Malawi, where 10 percent are found.

Winness Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Winness has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Winness last name decreased 31 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Winness Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Winness earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 5.13% less than the national average, earning 328,333 kr per year and in United States they earn 23.52% less than the national average, earning $33,000 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wingness9333/
Winess92718/
Winnes92342/
Wnness921/
Wainess8659/
Winnies8610/
Wenness869/
Binness866/
Weiness862/
Wingnes861/
Winesse861/
Winniss860/
Wiennes860/
Vinness860/
Wynness860/
Wines837,470/
Weineiss809/
Weanness801/
Winnetts800/
Wingnest800/
Wyness771,261/
Waines77526/
Vinnes77223/
Wennes77208/
Whines77110/
Binnes7780/
Weness7766/
Winnis7762/
Weines7736/
Wynnes7721/
Winesh776/
Winnex774/
Winnez772/
Winiss772/
Woines771/
Wneiss771/
Winnys770/
Wnes733/
Benness71138/
Wennesz7170/
Weineis7152/
Wenneis7126/
Wayness7122/
Vinnies7121/
Winisse716/
Venness714/
Winnice712/
Vinnets711/
Winesch711/
Wainesj711/
Winnish711/
Wynesss711/
Viennes711/
Woinesh711/
Weyness710/
Weinyss710/
Vingnes710/
Wynes67832/
Winis67338/
Wenes67320/
Winnisch6716/
Viennies675/
Winäs674/
Wnees672/
Winneche671/
Wnese671/
Winez671/
Vinnie's671/
Waennies671/
Huenness670/
Wnest670/

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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 Winness
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