Winterbottom Surname

107,090th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,359 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Winterbottom Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Winterbottom'; for origin, v. Winter. Like most of the surnames whose suffix is the local -bottom, Winterbottom arose in the south-east corner of Lancashire, on the Cheshire and Yorkshire borders.

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Winterbottom Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,3801:23,4113,257
United States1,2581:288,12326,780
Australia2291:117,88513,036
Canada1731:212,98020,593
New Zealand761:59,5839,301
South Africa721:752,46852,376
Wales541:57,3065,200
Scotland371:144,6988,671
Spain131:3,596,31069,669
Zimbabwe131:1,187,55768,998
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Isle of Man71:12,2602,387
Norway61:857,04855,549
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
France21:33,211,361423,184
China21:683,660,78330,601
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland271:164,0698,499
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,7521:8,8571,334
Scotland211:178,2486,976
Wales31:522,80514,314
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3281:153,10614,139

Winterbottom Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Winterbottom'; for origin, v. Winter. Like most of the surnames whose suffix is the local -bottom, Winterbottom arose in the south-east corner of Lancashire, on the Cheshire and Yorkshire borders. It is believed that Saddleworth is its precise and original habitat; v. Higginbotham, Shufflebottom, and Botham.

1564. Married — John Dowleye and Agnes Wintrebothom: Reg. Prestbury Ch. (Cheshire).

1500. Orme Winterbottom, parish of Ashton-under-Lyne: Wills at Chester.

1593. Jams Winterbottom, of Mosley, Ashton-under-Lyne: ibid.

1618. Richard Winterbotham, of Hartshead, Ashton-under-Lyne: ibid.

1644. Buried — George Winterbothom, stewarde of Stockport: Reg. Stockport Parish Ch. (vide East Cheshire).

1653. Robert Winterbothom, mayor of Stockport: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) Dweller at a WiNter Valley or Hollow [bottom-Old English botm-denotes in Southern English Lanc.a valley or hollow] John Winterbotham (Winwick, S. Lanc.).—Chester Marr. Lic., A.D. 1623.

A ‘winter-bottom' was prob. a valley or hollow which was used by shepherds for shelter in the winter.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Dweller at the valley or hollow used by shepherds for shelter in the winter.

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

See Bottom in Supplement. "The Winterbottoms are a time-honoured stock indigenous to Saddleworth." Folks of Shields, p. 22.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

(English), Winter valley or low ground.

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

Winterbottom Last Name Facts

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

The surname Winterbottom is held by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Winterbottom click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Winterbottom? popularity and diffusion

The last name Winterbottom is the 107,090th most numerous surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 1,671,839 people. The surname Winterbottom occurs mostly in Europe, where 58 percent of Winterbottom are found; 57 percent are found in Northern Europe and 57 percent are found in British Isles.

This last name is most commonly held in England, where it is carried by 2,380 people, or 1 in 23,411. In England Winterbottom is primarily found in: Greater Manchester, where 31 percent live, West Yorkshire, where 12 percent live and Derbyshire, where 9 percent live. Excluding England this surname is found in 34 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 29 percent live and Australia, where 5 percent live.

Winterbottom Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Winterbottom has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Winterbottom last name fell 14 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 384 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 1,800 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 176 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 93 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Winterbottom Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Anglican (70%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Winterbottom last name are 23.53% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 70.3% registered with the party.

The amount Winterbottom earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 17.47% less than the national average, earning 285,632 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 18.56% more than the national average, earning R 281,736 per year; in United States they earn 8.95% more than the national average, earning $47,012 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.82% more than the national average, earning $52,077 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Winterbotom961/
Wintterbottom960/
Winterbotton9214/
Winterbottam921/
Winterbothom920/
Winterrbotton881/
Winterbatom870/
Winterbotham83394/
Winterbottan830/
Winterbothan751/

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