# Whinery (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/whinery/  
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 Norse.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norse |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 866 |
| US rank (2010) | 27,756 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 356,519 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.6% (836 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Whineray, Whinnery, Winrow |

## Etymology

Topographic surname from Old Norse hvein (“gorse, furze”) + vrá (“nook or corner of land”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Whinery 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) | 90% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 2.0% |
| Two or more races | 5.0% |

## Similar surnames

Weiner, Winner, Wehner, Winer, Weimer, Wimmer, Wiener, Wanner, Wimer, Wenner, Wymer, Waymire.

## 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.