How common is the surname Windham?

10,390 people in the United States had the surname Windham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,716 Americans. It ranked 3,437th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Windham?

Barry Windham, American professional wrestler (born 1960), followed by Donald Windham.

Where is the surname Windham most common?

Wikidata records people named Windham in the United States.

Is the surname Windham getting more or less common?

More common. 10,162 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,390 in 2010, up 2.2%.

The surname Windham

A surname, carried by 10,390 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W535

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Windham is more common than 97.9% of them.

Origin

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,390 people named Windham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 29,716 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,162.

#3,437

rank among US surnames

10,390

people in 2010

3.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #3,226)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,428	Gaskins	10,414	29,647
#3,429	McClanahan	10,407	29,667
#3,430	Seward	10,399	29,690
#3,432	Chao	10,398	29,693
#3,433	Rand	10,397	29,696
#3,434	Anglin	10,396	29,698
#3,436	Severson	10,391	29,713

Who is named Windham

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

77% of people named Windham identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 77%
Black (not Hispanic) 18%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Windhams

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Windon
Wyndham

Surnames that sound like Windham

Windom

Windham has the Soundex code W535, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W535.

Questions

Where does the surname Windham come from?: From Wymondham, from personal name Wigmund's + hām (“home”).
How common is the surname Windham?: 10,390 people in the United States had the surname Windham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,716 Americans. It ranked 3,437th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Windham?: In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Windham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Windham?: Barry Windham, American professional wrestler (born 1960), followed by Donald Windham.
Where is the surname Windham most common?: Wikidata records people named Windham in the United States.
Is the surname Windham getting more or less common?: More common. 10,162 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,390 in 2010, up 2.2%.
What are other spellings of Windham?: Windon and Wyndham.