# Windham (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 10,390 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,437 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 29,716 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.2% (10,162 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Windon, Wyndham |

## Etymology

From Wymondham, from personal name Wigmund's + hām (“home”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Windham 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) | 77% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 18% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Windham in the United States.

## People named Windham

- Barry Windham, American professional wrestler (born 1960)
- Donald Windham, American writer (1920–2010)
- Blackjack Mulligan, American professional wrestler and American football player (1942–2016)

## Similar surnames

Windom, Winton.

## 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.