Winwood Surname

197,255th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,123 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Winwood Surname Definition:

(English) Early forms are lacking, but the first element prob. represents the Anglo-Saxon pers. name Wine[Old English wine, friend]

Winwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,2601:44,2215,596
United States3611:1,004,04174,162
Australia2701:99,98411,306
New Zealand741:61,1949,493
Canada451:818,79163,991
Wales451:68,7676,014
Scotland151:356,92115,763
Zimbabwe141:1,102,73166,551
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Philippines71:14,462,603238,248
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5081:47,9835,919
Wales41:392,10412,338
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Winwood (15) may also be a first name.

Winwood Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Early forms are lacking, but the first element prob. represents the Anglo-Saxon pers. name Wine[Old English wine, friend]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Winwood Last Name Facts

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

Winwood is found most in England. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Winwood? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 197,255th most frequent surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 3,432,664 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 63 percent of Winwood reside; 62 percent reside in Northern Europe and 62 percent reside in British Isles. Winwood is also the 2,900,335th most frequently held first name worldwide. It is borne by 15 people.

The last name is most frequent in England, where it is borne by 1,260 people, or 1 in 44,221. In England it is most frequent in: West Midlands, where 23 percent live, Worcestershire, where 8 percent live and Staffordshire, where 7 percent live. Other than England this surname occurs in 19 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 17 percent live and Australia, where 13 percent live.

Winwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Winwood has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Winwood surname increased 248 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 2,579 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 1,125 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Winwood Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Winwood last name are 2.58% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 50.65% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Winwood earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 87.57% more than the national average, earning R 445,728 per year; in United States they earn 1.11% less than the national average, earning $42,671 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.17% more than the national average, earning $55,235 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wainwood9310/
Winnwood931/
Wynwood8695/
Binwood861/
Wenwood860/
Wynnwood802/
Waynewood7522/
Wynnewood758/
Wenwodd711/
Bennwood671/

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