# Viner (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/viner/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Old French.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,054 |
| US rank (2010) | 23,943 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 292,927 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.8% (1,063 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

An occupational surname for a wine-grower, from Old French vignor.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Viner in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.