Family name Winch (ونش 
, Winch 
, 温奇 
) , around the globe, is quite a common cognomen. The cognomen Winch is characteristic of Australia, where it is quite a rare surname, the United Kingdom, and Egypt. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in the United States, Egypt, and the United Kingdom. Very seldom, Winch is the forename as well as the last name.
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| ونش | Sudan, Egypt |
| Winch | Australia, Canada, Poland, United Kingdom, United States |
| 温奇 | China |
Periwinkle, Wince, Winis, Wink, Wynche, Винч, กว้าน, กว้านวิทยากูล, กว้านสกุล, and วินช์
| david winch 9 Dec 1714 Framingham, MA - (b. 1714) |
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| elizabeth winch 13 Mar 1739 Framingham, MA - (b. 1739) |
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| winch British botanist, lichenologist and geologist (1768-1838), GB (b. 1768) |
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harry n. winch politician in Massachusetts, US, US (b. 1868) |
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| calvin m. winch politician in Massachusetts, US, US (b. 1832) |
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| joel c. c. winch United States federal judge (1835-1880), US (b. 1835) |
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| james orville winch (b. 1837) |
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| eli winch (1848-1938), US (b. 1848) |
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| ruth winch British tennis player (1870-1952), GB (b. 1870) |
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| ernest winch Canadian politician, CA (b. 1879) |
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| hope winch English pharmacist and academic (b. 1894) |
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| e. winch UK author (1895-1939), GB (b. 1895) |
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martin winch New Zealand musician (1949-2011), NZ (b. 1949) |
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| harold edward winch Canadian politician (1907-1993), CA (b. 1907) |
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| robert francis winch (b. 1911) |
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