Win
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Win is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Myanmar (Burma) than in any other country, where it is the 10th most common surname. Recorded meaning: from ahd./mhd. wini 'friend'; also sometimes influenced by wîn 'wine' or WONNE.
- MMMyanmar (Burma)≈1 in 101(inferred from the name graph)
- SGSingapore≈1 in 2.4K
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 4.6K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Myanmar (Burma) (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 222 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 101 (inferred from the name graph)
≈560,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Myanmar (Burma), est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from ahd./mhd. wini 'friend'; also sometimes influenced by wîn 'wine' or WONNE
Sources 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Win counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MM Myanmar (Burma) | #10 | ≈560,000 est. | ≈1 in 101 | listed | Win | 128 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈27,000 est. | ≈1 in 10K | — | Win | 98 |
| MY Malaysia | #224 | ≈7,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.6K | — | Win | 50 |
| US United States | — | 2,820 | 1 in 118K | 4.9K | Win | 222 |
| SG Singapore | #228 | ≈2,600 est. | ≈1 in 2.4K | — | Win | 82 |
| HK Hong Kong | #824 | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 6.7K | — | Win | 13 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Win is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In qfa-yen-pro, oneself
as a wordStarLing Tower of Babel etymological databases (Starostin et al.)
In enm, alternative form of wynne (“happiness”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
ISO 639-3 language code for Winnebago.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Yoruba, to aim at a target with a projectile
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Welsh, soft mutation of gwin
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Brandon Winactor
- Béleina Winactress
- Anna Win-MasonNZNew Zealand organic chemist
- Suzanne WinNZNew Zealand chairperson
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 47 sources across 25 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 4.9K | #6,582 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 2.8K | #11,209 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1K | #23,237 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 6
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Hoffman, Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings (2nd ed., 2012)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Win mean, and where does it come from?
- from ahd./mhd. wini 'friend'; also sometimes influenced by wîn 'wine' or WONNE Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- In which country does Win have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 558 thousand people named Win in Myanmar (Burma), more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled win.
- How common is the name Win?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,820 people named Win in 2010, about 1 in 118 thousand residents.
- How common is Win compared with other names?
- In Myanmar (Burma), Win is the 10th most common surname of 12,945 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Win?
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Win” — the 10th most common surname in Myanmar (Burma). Data snapshot 2026-10-10.