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    The surname Windell

    A Swedish surname, carried by 614 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W534

    Windell: #36,426 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Windell #36,426, 614 people Windell: #36,426 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Windell #36,426, 614 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Windell is more common than 77.5% of them.

    Origin

    Swedish origin

    Two main origins: * A variant of the English surname Windle. * Borrowed from Swedish Windell.

    One of 133 Swedish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 614 people named Windell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 502,843 Americans. That is down 8.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 671.

    #36,426
    rank among US surnames
    614
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -8.5%
    change since 2000 (was #32,338)

    Who is named Windell

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

    91% of people named Windell identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Windell

    Windell has the Soundex code W534, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W534.

    Other Swedish surnames

    All 133 Swedish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Windell come from?
    Two main origins: * A variant of the English surname Windle. * Borrowed from Swedish Windell.
    How common is the surname Windell?
    614 people in the United States had the surname Windell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 502,843 Americans. It ranked 36,426th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Windell?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Windell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Windell getting more or less common?
    Less common. 671 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 614 in 2010, down 8.5%.