How common is the surname Wind?

2,308 people in the United States had the surname Wind in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 133,772 Americans. It ranked 13,233rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wind?

In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Wind identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Is the surname Wind getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,508 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,308 in 2010, down 8.0%.

The surname Wind

A surname, carried by 2,308 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex W530

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wind is more common than 91.8% of them.

Origin

* As an English surname, from wind (both senses). This surname also appears in Dutch, Danish, Swedish, and German with the same senses, such as Wint. Compare De Wind. * Also as a German surname, variant of Wendt.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,308 people named Wind in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 133,772 Americans. That is down 8.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,508.

#13,233

rank among US surnames

2,308

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

-8%

change since 2000 (was #11,512)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,226	Mance	2,310	133,656
#13,230	Prindle	2,309	133,714
#13,233	Ester	2,308	133,772
#13,236	Banton	2,307	133,830
#13,241	Hoadley	2,306	133,888

Who is named Wind

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

82% of people named Wind identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 2.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 82%
American Indian and Alaska Native 11%
Two or more races 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wind

Wind has the Soundex code W530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W530.

Questions

Where does the surname Wind come from?: * As an English surname, from wind (both senses). This surname also appears in Dutch, Danish, Swedish, and German with the same senses, such as Wint. Compare De Wind. * Also as a German surname, variant of Wendt.
How common is the surname Wind?: 2,308 people in the United States had the surname Wind in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 133,772 Americans. It ranked 13,233rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wind?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Wind identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Is the surname Wind getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,508 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,308 in 2010, down 8.0%.