Winstow Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Israel
Highest density in:
Israel

Winstow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Winstow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Israel101:855,76354,181
England11:55,718,059489,080
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Winstow Last Name Facts

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

The last name Winstow is found most in Israel. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Winstow.

How Common Is The Last Name Winstow? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,391,485th most widely held last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 77 percent of Winstow are found; 77 percent are found in West Asia and 77 percent are found in Judeo-West Asia.

It is most common in Israel, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 855,763. In Israel Winstow is primarily concentrated in: Northern District, where 70 percent are found and Judea and Samaria Area, where 30 percent are found. Without taking into account Israel this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 8 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent are found.

Winstow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Winstow has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Winstow last name fell 80 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Weinstow931/
Winstoft801/
Bnstow771/
Winsthoff750/
Wenstob7130/
Woenstoff630/
Wensthoff630/
Benstoff530/

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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
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  • 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 Winstow
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