How common is the surname Winder?

5,527 people in the United States had the surname Winder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 55,861 Americans. It ranked 6,192nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Winder?

Ludwig Winder, Austrian-Czech German-language writer, journalist and literary critic (1889–1946), followed by Ruth Edwards.

Where is the surname Winder most common?

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

Is the surname Winder getting more or less common?

More common. 5,259 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,527 in 2010, up 5.1%.

The surname Winder

An occupational surname, carried by 5,527 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W536

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Winder is more common than 96.2% of them.

Origin

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

Winder is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,527 people named Winder in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 55,861 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,259.

#6,192

rank among US surnames

5,527

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+5.1%

change since 2000 (was #6,023)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,186	Villar	5,530	55,831
#6,188	Carder	5,529	55,841
#6,190	Eagan	5,528	55,851
#6,192	Winder	5,527	55,861
#6,193	Bigham	5,525	55,882

Who is named Winder

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

69% of people named Winder identified as white (not Hispanic), 24% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 69%
Black (not Hispanic) 24%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
Two or more races 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Winders

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ludwig Winder
Austrian-Czech German-language writer, journalist and literary critic (1889–1946)
Ruth Edwards
American racing cyclist, born 1993

Notable Winders come mostly from Austria–Hungary (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Wynder

Surnames that sound like Winder

Winder has the Soundex code W536, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W536.

Questions

Where does the surname Winder come from?: From winder, an occupational surname for a winder of wool.
How common is the surname Winder?: 5,527 people in the United States had the surname Winder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 55,861 Americans. It ranked 6,192nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Winder?: In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Winder identified as white (not Hispanic), and 24% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Winder?: Ludwig Winder, Austrian-Czech German-language writer, journalist and literary critic (1889–1946), followed by Ruth Edwards.
Where is the surname Winder most common?: Wikidata records people named Winder in Austria–Hungary and the United States.
What type of surname is Winder?: Winder is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Winder getting more or less common?: More common. 5,259 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,527 in 2010, up 5.1%.
What are other spellings of Winder?: Wynder.