# Winder (surname)

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

A surname originating as an occupation.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,527 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,192 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 55,861 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.1% (5,259 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Wynder |

## Etymology

From winder, an occupational surname for a winder of wool.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Winder 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) | 69% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 24% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Winder in Austria–Hungary and the United States.

## People named Winder

- Ludwig Winder, Austrian-Czech German-language writer, journalist and literary critic (1889–1946)
- Ruth Edwards, American racing cyclist

## Similar surnames

Winter, Wunder, Winters, Winders, Winterbottom, Winterton, Wentworth, Weintraub, Wunderlich, Wynter, Wendorf.

## 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.