Winspear Surname

289,833rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,322 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Jersey

Winspear Surname Definition:

Belongs to the same class as Shakspeare, Breakspeare, Wagstaffe, &c.

Winspear Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England8851:62,9587,400
United States1571:2,308,656143,524
Australia1501:179,97118,195
New Zealand351:129,38115,740
Canada271:1,364,65295,501
South Africa191:2,851,458109,033
Wales181:171,91811,581
Jersey81:12,4002,398
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3031:80,4478,644
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States611:823,25750,999

Winspear Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Belongs to the same class as Shakspeare, Breakspeare, Wagstaffe, &c.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Winceby; a location name in Lincolnshire in the Domesday Book, Winzebi. Winsbasr or Winsbyr is the Danish form.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Winspear Last Name Facts

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

The surname Winspear is most common in England. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Winspear? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 289,833rd most frequently held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 5,512,516 people. The surname Winspear is primarily found in Europe, where 70 percent of Winspear reside; 70 percent reside in Northern Europe and 70 percent reside in British Isles.

Winspear is most numerous in England, where it is borne by 885 people, or 1 in 62,958. In England it is primarily found in: North Yorkshire, where 39 percent are found, Durham, where 14 percent are found and West Yorkshire, where 5 percent are found. Other than England it occurs in 21 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 12 percent are found and Australia, where 11 percent are found.

Winspear Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Winspear has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Winspear surname grew 292 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 257 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Winspear Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Winspear last name are 18.61% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 65.38% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Winspear earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 14.81% more than the national average, earning R 272,844 per year; in United States they earn 8.89% more than the national average, earning $46,987 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.06% more than the national average, earning $58,657 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Winspeare9492/
Whinspear941/
Winnspear940/
Winsper93589/
Wnspear931/
Winspar930/
Winspare883/
Wimspear882/
Whinsper881/
Winspere880/
Vinsper801/
Binshpour5977/

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