Wynn Surname

8,540th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 66,683 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Myanmar

Wynn Surname Definition:

= Winn(e, q.v.

Wynn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States39,1571:9,2571,112
Myanmar18,8371:2,757150
England4,8411:11,5101,697
Australia1,3831:19,5202,708
Canada8061:45,7145,620
Wales3311:9,3491,027
Scotland2621:20,4342,370
New Zealand2521:17,9703,150
Thailand1271:556,20795,235
South Africa961:564,35143,987
Ireland671:70,2834,402
Jamaica511:56,2733,110
Germany381:2,118,565113,742
United Arab Emirates331:277,64519,302
Papua New Guinea291:281,16338,188
Liberia251:176,34112,123
Zimbabwe231:671,22849,171
Northern Ireland221:83,8655,605
Malaysia191:1,552,32864,490
Switzerland181:456,27333,097
China171:80,430,6804,441
Philippines151:6,749,215188,373
Netherlands141:1,206,22770,951
France141:4,744,480251,814
Costa Rica131:367,6983,592
Hungary131:755,09840,181
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Guam121:13,3432,098
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
Denmark111:513,15632,022
Spain101:4,675,20478,608
Norway101:514,22941,629
Isle of Man71:12,2602,387
Bermuda71:9,3261,286
Trinidad and Tobago61:227,32910,175
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412
Jersey51:19,8403,614
Panama51:782,45211,059
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
South Korea41:12,810,0642,073
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
United States Virgin Islands21:55,1886,229
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines21:56,3301,327
Cayman Islands21:31,9461,715
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Cook Islands11:18,1791,485
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1011:43,8603,889
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,2041:11,0601,694
Wales2481:6,324413
Scotland1641:22,8242,152
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,9171:10,2131,329

Wynn (4,827) may also be a first name.

Wynn Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

= Winn(e, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Scottish, Welsh) Dweller on a wynd, a narrow street in a town; descendant of Gwynn (fair).

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

Welsh. The same as Gwynne-white, fair. All Welsh words commencing with G drop the initial in certain cases; thus gwyn, when employed as an epithet to a proper name, becomes wyn, as Hymel Wyn-Howel the Fair.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Wynne is the North Wales and Shropshire form of the South Wales and Monmouthshire name of Gwyn or Gwynne.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Wynn Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wynn is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wynn? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,540th most prevalent last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 109,286 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 60 percent of Wynn live; 60 percent live in North America and 60 percent live in Anglo-North America. Wynn is also the 98,347th most numerous first name globally, held by 4,827 people.

This surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 39,157 people, or 1 in 9,257. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Georgia, where 13 percent live, Texas, where 8 percent live and Florida, where 7 percent live. Excluding The United States this last name exists in 82 countries. It also occurs in Myanmar, where 28 percent live and England, where 7 percent live.

Wynn Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wynn has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wynn last name increased 796 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 220 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 133 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 160 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 34 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Wynn Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Wynn surname is primarily Catholic (97%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Wynn surname are 8.73% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 55.5% registered with the political party.

The amount Wynn earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 40.41% more than the national average, earning 485,930 kr per year; in Peru they earn 448.5% more than the national average, earning S/. 106,326 per year; in South Africa they earn 37.18% more than the national average, earning R 325,980 per year; in United States they earn 7.49% less than the national average, earning $39,918 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.24% more than the national average, earning $51,292 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wynne8929,525/
Whynn89119/
Hwynn8916/
Waynn893/
Wynnk891/
Wynng891/
Wynnc891/
Weynn890/
Wyn86774/
Wnn8610/
Waynne8019/
Whynne806/
D'Wynn801/
Wynnne801/
Wynndt801/
Winn7556,022/
Wyne754,039/
Wenn752,782/
Weyn751,198/
Wayn75204/
Wünn7550/
Wänn7544/
Hwyn7515/
Whyn754/
Hwnn752/
Wwnn752/
Wnne751/
Bynn751/
Vynn751/
Wyhn751/
Wnnh751/
Wnnn751/
Wync751/
Wuyn751/
Wymn750/
Wayne6727,121/
Winne672,375/
Wn67770/
Weyne67492/
Whyne67389/
Wenne67185/
Whinn67148/
Vynne67105/
Wenng6722/
Wuenn6713/
Wuynh679/
Wionn679/
Winnd678/
Waenn677/
Whenn676/
Weinn676/
Wönne675/
Winnk674/
Wuinn674/
Wyndt673/
Hwinn673/
Whayn673/
Hweyn671/
Wyndh671/
Wyntt671/
Wennt671/
Woyne671/
Wennk671/
Winnn671/
Wainn671/
Woenn670/

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