Winning Surname
Approximately 3,933 people bear this surname
Winning Surname Definition:
A curtailed form of (Macgille)winnin, which see. John Wynning, cordiner, was admitted burgess freeman of Glasgow, 1591, by reason of his marriage with the daughter and heir of a burgess (Burgesses), and Robert Wyneing, cordiner, probably his son, was admitted burgess freeman, 1607 (ibid.
Read More About This SurnameWinning Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 978 | 1:370,612 | 32,878 |
| England | 806 | 1:69,129 | 7,983 |
| Australia | 608 | 1:44,401 | 5,593 |
| Scotland | 536 | 1:9,988 | 1,383 |
| Germany | 498 | 1:161,658 | 19,191 |
| Canada | 207 | 1:177,998 | 17,780 |
| Northern Ireland | 53 | 1:34,812 | 3,411 |
| Ireland | 33 | 1:142,695 | 6,688 |
| Brazil | 32 | 1:6,689,823 | 158,565 |
| South Africa | 29 | 1:1,868,197 | 87,346 |
| New Zealand | 22 | 1:205,833 | 20,770 |
| Wales | 18 | 1:171,918 | 11,581 |
| Denmark | 13 | 1:434,209 | 28,556 |
| China | 11 | 1:124,301,961 | 6,553 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Iran | 9 | 1:8,531,392 | 160,212 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Cyprus | 3 | 1:294,959 | 8,690 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 29 | 1:152,754 | 8,150 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 536 | 1:6,984 | 993 |
| England | 136 | 1:179,231 | 14,852 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:522,805 | 14,314 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 244 | 1:205,814 | 17,803 |
Winning (624) may also be a first name.
Winning Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A curtailed form of (Macgille)winnin, which see. John Wynning, cordiner, was admitted burgess freeman of Glasgow, 1591, by reason of his marriage with the daughter and heir of a burgess (Burgesses), and Robert Wyneing, cordiner, probably his son, was admitted burgess freeman, 1607 (ibid.). Robert Winnie, bookseller and stationer, Dumfries, 1695-1727 (Dumfriesshire and Galloway Nat. Hist, and Antiquarian Society, Trans., 3. ser. XVIII, p. 141). Chalmers (Caledonia, III, p. 341) says Winnin and the patronymic MacWinnin appear to have been common names in Galloway. As forename: Wynnin Multray, 1542 (Irvine, I, p. 199).
(English) the Anglo-Saxon Wining= Wine’s Son [Old English wine, friend + the ‘son' soft. -ing]
From some local name ending in ing, a meadow. compare the names Goring, Grayling, Healing, Jutting, Nutting, Salting, Selling, Shilling, Spiking, Stebbing, Tarring, Tinkling, Tipping, Turning. See also Willing.
Winning Demographics
Winning Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Winning Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Winning Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Winning is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Winning? popularity and diffusion
Winning is the 117,120th most common family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,852,923 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 50 percent of Winning live; 37 percent live in Northern Europe and 37 percent live in British Isles. Winning is also the 333,643rd most widely held first name world-wide It is held by 624 people.
It is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 978 people, or 1 in 370,612. In The United States Winning is most prevalent in: Pennsylvania, where 14 percent reside, California, where 11 percent reside and Missouri, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States this surname exists in 37 countries. It also occurs in England, where 20 percent reside and Australia, where 15 percent reside.
Winning Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Winning has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 401 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 593 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 114 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 600 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Winning Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Presbyterian (79%) in Ireland.
In The United States Winning are 6.6% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 53.37% being registered with the party.
The amount Winning earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 30.56% more than the national average, earning R 310,260 per year; in United States they earn 3% more than the national average, earning $44,442 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.36% less than the national average, earning $47,518 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weinning | 93 | 1 | / |
| Wainning | 93 | 0 | / |
| Whinning | 93 | 0 | / |
| Wining | 92 | 137 | / |
| Winninngs | 88 | 1 | / |
| Wenning | 86 | 5,890 | / |
| Binning | 86 | 3,362 | / |
| Vinning | 86 | 387 | / |
| Weining | 86 | 266 | / |
| Wünning | 86 | 118 | / |
| Waining | 86 | 40 | / |
| Wijning | 86 | 36 | / |
| Winnink | 86 | 34 | / |
| Wynning | 86 | 1 | / |
| Winingh | 86 | 0 | / |
| Wuining | 86 | 0 | / |
| Whining | 86 | 0 | / |
| Huinning | 80 | 4 | / |
| Wynnings | 80 | 3 | / |
| Wennings | 80 | 3 | / |
| Weenning | 80 | 2 | / |
| Vinnings | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wening | 77 | 2,064 | / |
| Wineng | 77 | 17 | / |
| Bnning | 77 | 3 | / |
| Whning | 77 | 3 | / |
| Winink | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wyning | 77 | 0 | / |
| Benning | 71 | 12,039 | / |
| Venning | 71 | 2,727 | / |
| Bünning | 71 | 1,564 | / |
| Weening | 71 | 1,564 | / |
| Wennink | 71 | 784 | / |
| Bönning | 71 | 735 | / |
| Wehning | 71 | 203 | / |
| Wähning | 71 | 196 | / |
| Weaning | 71 | 10 | / |
| Bønning | 71 | 7 | / |
| Vinneng | 71 | 5 | / |
| Binneng | 71 | 5 | / |
| Weineng | 71 | 4 | / |
| Uenning | 71 | 3 | / |
| Bynning | 71 | 1 | / |
| Whening | 71 | 0 | / |
| Wenneng | 71 | 0 | / |
| Vennings | 67 | 69 | / |
| Wnink | 67 | 6 | / |
| Huenning | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wneng | 67 | 1 | / |
| Venningø | 67 | 1 | / |
| Benningc | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wynninck | 67 | 0 | / |
| Behnning | 67 | 0 | / |
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