Winship Surname

115,346th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,004 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Winship Surname Definition:

(English) One who played the part of Friendship in the medieval pageants; dweller in a wine valley.

Winship Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,3851:151,97415,608
England1,0531:52,9146,481
Canada2401:153,52315,602
Australia1511:178,77918,110
South Africa581:934,09859,404
New Zealand351:129,38115,740
Scotland301:178,4619,900
Wales201:154,72710,755
France51:13,284,544357,392
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6121:39,8295,061
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8711:57,6566,408

Winship (43) may also be a first name.

Winship Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) One who played the part of Friendship in the medieval pageants; dweller in a wine valley.

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

Probably the same as Wineshop. Saxon, Win, German Wein, and Sceapian, Saxon, to make, furnish; a maker or vender of wine.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

The termination ship in many names is a corruption of lordship.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Winship Last Name Facts

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

Winship occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Winship? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 115,346th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 1,820,066 people. The last name Winship is predominantly found in The Americas, where 66 percent of Winship are found; 66 percent are found in North America and 66 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,545,828th most commonly held first name on earth, held by 43 people.

It is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 2,385 people, or 1 in 151,974. In The United States it is primarily found in: California, where 10 percent are found, Florida, where 9 percent are found and New York, where 9 percent are found. Aside from The United States Winship occurs in 26 countries. It also occurs in England, where 26 percent are found and Canada, where 6 percent are found.

Winship Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Winship has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Winship last name increased 274 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 172 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 2,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Winship Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Winship surname are 8.77% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 55.54% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Winship earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 136.88% more than the national average, earning R 562,920 per year; in United States they earn 13.07% more than the national average, earning $48,787 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.88% more than the national average, earning $52,106 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whinship932/
Winships931/
Winschip931/
Winchip86151/
Winshep862/
Wimship862/
Wenship860/
Winschep800/
Binshep7129/
Vinchip712/
Winsept711/
Winchep711/
Benschip676/
Binshuib671/
Bnsip671/

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