# Winans (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,010 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,266 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 76,994 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.9% (3,973 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Winans 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) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Winans in the United States.

## People named Winans

- Mario Winans, American singer, songwriter, and record producer
- CeCe Winans, American gospel singer
- Walter William Winans, American sport shooter and artist (1852-1920)
- Edwin Baruch Winans, American politician (1826-1894)

## Similar surnames

Winningham, Wanamaker, Wininger, Wenning, Wineinger.

## 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.