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    The surname Windom

    A surname, carried by 2,528 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W535

    Windom: #12,296 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Windom #12,296, 2,528 people Windom: #12,296 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Windom #12,296, 2,528 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Windom is more common than 92.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,528 people named Windom in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,130 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,295.

    #12,296
    rank among US surnames
    2,528
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.2%
    change since 2000 (was #12,405)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,289Valiente2,530122,034
    #12,292Spillers2,529122,082
    #12,296Scheidt2,528122,130
    #12,303Wolk2,527122,179

    Who is named Windom

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

    55% of people named Windom identified as Black (not Hispanic), 39% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 55%
    • White (not Hispanic) 39%
    • Two or more races 3.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Windoms

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • William Windom
      American actor (1923–2012)
    • William Windom
      American politician (1827-1891)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Windom

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Windom?
    2,528 people in the United States had the surname Windom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,130 Americans. It ranked 12,296th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Windom?
    In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Windom identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 39% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Windom?
    William Windom, American actor (1923–2012), followed by William Windom.
    Where is the surname Windom most common?
    Wikidata records people named Windom in the United States.
    Is the surname Windom getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,295 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,528 in 2010, up 10%.