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
Average Male Winning Height
178.75 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Winning Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Winning Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Winning is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Winning? popularity and diffusion
The last name Winning is the 117,120th most prevalent family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,852,923 people. The last name Winning occurs mostly in Europe, where 50 percent of Winning are found; 37 percent are found in Northern Europe and 37 percent are found in British Isles. It is also the 333,643rd most common first name on earth It is held by 624 people.
The surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 978 people, or 1 in 370,612. In The United States it is most numerous in: Pennsylvania, where 14 percent are found, California, where 11 percent are found and Missouri, where 11 percent are found. Apart from The United States Winning is found in 37 countries. It is also found in England, where 20 percent are found and Australia, where 15 percent are found.
Winning Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Winning has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Winning surname expanded 401 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 593 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it expanded 114 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 600 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Winning Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Winning surname is predominantly Presbyterian (79%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Winning surname are 6.6% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 53.37% registered with the political 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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