Wind is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Wind
No. of characters: 4
Origin: England
Meaning:

Wind is variant form of Windell. See Windle - A township in Lancashire.

Of the wind. From a sign of Boreas.

A variant form of Wendell. Descendant of little Wendimar meaning "wander, famous".

Dweller on the narrow street or passage turning off from the main thoroughfare.

How popular is Wind?

Wind is common in United States, Germany, Netherlands, Denmark, Iran, Austria, Saudi Arabia, Australia, United Arab Emirates, Canada, Israel, France, England, India, Hong Kong, Egypt, China.

Wind is ranked 30711 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Winds plummeted by 7.97 per cent to 2308 since 2000 and slipped by 1721 spots and ranked at 13233. The last name was found in around 8 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 82.19 84.93
American Indian and Alaska Native 10.92 9.73
Others 2.69 1.52
Hispanic or Latino 2.25 1.71
Black 1.26 1.52
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.69 0.6
Wind is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Denmark is ahead in terms of density. Around 17407 people have been found who wears Wind as their family name. Wind is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Wind:
10,734 United States3,778
3,398 Germany3,135
636 Netherlands2,868
281 Denmark1,692
5,688 Iran1,500
Countries with hundreds of Wind:
1,353 Austria838
7,891 Saudi Arabia557
9,348 Australia336
3,225 United Arab Emirates311
13,807 Canada277
5,337 Israel220
48,279 France209
23,763 England175
122,508 India159
847 Hong Kong155
32,813 Egypt153
623 China138
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
9,661 Switzerland95
8,035 Sweden88
11,458 Hungary80
9,204 New Zealand77
66,781 Italy68
6,835 Portugal66
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
116,517 Brazil49
80,461 Poland30
267,220 Thailand29
88,980 South Africa28
2,300 Vietnam28
45,478 Czechia27
122,961 Argentina15
26,475 Finland14
356,066 Indonesia14
67,428 Spain14
18,211 Singapore13
78,554 Papua New Guinea12
20,681 Liberia11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
121,952 Malaysia9
44,190 Norway9
4,667 Costa Rica8
26,217 Estonia8
228,986 Philippines8
34,489 Peru7
462,339 Russia7
25,488 Scotland7
21,198 Wales7
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

John Wind worked as workman and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 20 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Patrick Henry and arrived on April 5, 1847. Frank Wind, aged 30, Jas. Wind (32) Immigrant, Immigrant Martha Wind, Maria Wind, aged 14, are others that migrated to US.

From Germany

Heinr Wind was 29 years old when he migrated to USA on May 1, 1852. He lived in Germany where he worked as merchant and took Elise from Hamburg. Ludwig Wind, aged 27, 18 years old Apollarina Wind, 36 years old Mr-Conr. Wind, Henry Wind (27) Shoemaker, Maria Wind (23), Magdelena Wind (23) Farmer, Heinr. Wind, aged 18, Gertrude Wind (26), and 136 other Wind around 52.63% of whom were farmer while others worked as shoemaker and baker, laborer, servant, smith migrated to US from Bremen, Havre and Bremen & Southampton.

Wind Namesakes

  • Edgar Wind, German-born British interdisciplinary art historian
  • Susie Wind, visual artist specializing
  • Edmund De Wind, British Army officer during the First World War
  • Candle in the Wind, threnody with music and lyrics by Elton John and Bernie Taupin
  • Hans Wind, Wind started his pilot career
  • Visible Wind, Canadian progressive rock band
  • Ride Like the Wind, song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Christopher Cross
  • Per Wind, Danish former professional football player

Wind Namesakes

  • Edgar Wind, German-born British interdisciplinary art historian
  • Susie Wind, visual artist specializing
  • Edmund De Wind, British Army officer during the First World War
  • Candle in the Wind, threnody with music and lyrics by Elton John and Bernie Taupin
  • Hans Wind, Wind started his pilot career
  • Visible Wind, Canadian progressive rock band
  • Ride Like the Wind, song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Christopher Cross
  • Per Wind, Danish former professional football player

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