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    The surname Windle

    A surname, carried by 3,051 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W534

    Windle: #10,515 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Windle #10,515, 3,051 people Windle: #10,515 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Windle #10,515, 3,051 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Windle is more common than 93.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,051 people named Windle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 101,195 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,010.

    #10,515
    rank among US surnames
    3,051
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.4%
    change since 2000 (was #9,892)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,510Ferrel3,054101,095
    #10,512Beagle3,053101,129
    #10,514Konrad3,052101,162
    #10,515Amburgey3,051101,195
    #10,517Rymer3,050101,228
    #10,520McMorris3,049101,261

    Who is named Windle

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

    93% of people named Windle identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Windles

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Bob Windle
      Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, former world record-holder, born 1944

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Windle

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Windle?
    3,051 people in the United States had the surname Windle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,195 Americans. It ranked 10,515th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Windle?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Windle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Windle?
    Bob Windle, Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, former world record-holder.
    Where is the surname Windle most common?
    Wikidata records people named Windle in Australia.
    Is the surname Windle getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,010 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,051 in 2010, up 1.4%.
    What are other spellings of Windle?
    Windell.