How common is the surname Winchell?

4,644 people in the United States had the surname Winchell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,483 Americans. It ranked 7,195th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Winchell?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Winchell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Winchell?

Walter Winchell, American gossip journalist (1897-1972), followed by Paul Winchell.

Where is the surname Winchell most common?

Wikidata records people named Winchell in the United States.

Is the surname Winchell getting more or less common?

More common. 4,609 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,644 in 2010, up 0.8%.

The surname Winchell

A surname, carried by 4,644 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W524

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Winchell is more common than 95.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,644 people named Winchell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 66,483 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,609.

#7,195

rank among US surnames

4,644

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+0.8%

change since 2000 (was #6,740)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,189	Gaul	4,650	66,397
#7,191	Eichelberger	4,647	66,440
#7,194	Watford	4,646	66,454
#7,195	Winchell	4,644	66,483
#7,198	Middlebrooks	4,643	66,497
#7,199	Tristan	4,642	66,511

Who is named Winchell

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Winchell identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Winchells

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Walter Winchell
American gossip journalist (1897-1972)
Paul Winchell
American actor (1922–2005)
April Winchell
American voice actress, born 1960
Ben Winchell
American actor known for film and TV work, born 1994
Newton Horace Winchell
American geologist (1839-1914)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Winchel

Surnames that sound like Winchell

Winchell has the Soundex code W524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W524.

Questions

How common is the surname Winchell?: 4,644 people in the United States had the surname Winchell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,483 Americans. It ranked 7,195th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Winchell?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Winchell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Winchell?: Walter Winchell, American gossip journalist (1897-1972), followed by Paul Winchell.
Where is the surname Winchell most common?: Wikidata records people named Winchell in the United States.
Is the surname Winchell getting more or less common?: More common. 4,609 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,644 in 2010, up 0.8%.
What are other spellings of Winchell?: Winchel.