Windt is a German and Dutch surname.
Geographical distribution As of 2014, 33.2% of all known bearers of the surname Windt were residents of Germany (frequency 1:71,441), 20.2% of the United States (1:528,918), 16.6% of South Africa (1:96,211), 16.4% of the Netherlands (1:30,417), 2.0% of Hungary (1:144,359) and 1.2% of Australia (1:566,045), 1.2% of Austria (1:207,667), 1.1% of Canada (1:968,369), 1.1% of Brazil (1:5,527,357), 1.0% of Sweden (1:289,611) and 1.0% of Romania (1:608,420).
In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:71,441) in the following states: Bremen (1:12,201) Hamburg (1:22,923) Lower Saxony (1:29,509) Saxony-Anhalt (1:33,284) Schleswig-Holstein (1:60,962) Hesse (1:62,357) North Rhine-Westphalia (1:62,443)
In the Netherlands, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:30,417) in the following provinces:Windt surname distribution Groningen (1:6,174) North Holland (1:15,924) Flevoland (1:16,656) Drenthe (1:20,150) Gelderland (1:28,367)
People Jacob van der Windt (1745–1792), Dutch skipper Harry de Windt (1856–1933), French travel writer Henny van der Windt (born 1955), Dutch ecologist Herbert Windt (1894–1965), German composer Katja Windt (born 1969), German mechanical engineer Peter Windt (born 1973), Dutch field hockey player Pierre de Windt (born 1983), Aruban athlete Kramies Windt (born 1974), American music, composer, songwriter
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