Winstead Family History
Winstead Name Meaning
English: habitational name, perhaps from Wanstead in Greater London
(formerly Esses), recorded in Domesday Book as Wenesteda ‘site
(Old English stede) by a mound (Old English wænn) or
where wagons (Old English w?n) are kept’, but more likely
from Winestead in East Yorkshire, named from Old English wif
‘wife’ or a female personal name Wifa + stede
‘homestead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Winstead Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Winstead families
 142 - 282  48 - 141 |
 1 - 47  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Winstead families
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5 - 7 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Winstead families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Winstead Family Origin
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