How common is the surname Windsor?

7,621 people in the United States had the surname Windsor in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,512 Americans. It ranked 4,652nd of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Windsor?

Windsor is /ˈwɪndzɚ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Windsor getting more or less common?

More common. 7,479 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,621 in 2010, up 1.9%.

Is Windsor also a first name?

Yes. Windsor is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Windsor

An English place surname, carried by 7,621 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈwɪndzɚ/ 2 syllables Soundex W532 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Windsor is more common than 97.1% of them.

Origin

English origin

Inherited from Middle English Wyndelsore, from Old English Windlesōra (“Windsor”, literally “bank with a windlass, winch by the riverside”), from *windel ("reel, winch"; > Middle English windel (“reel, spool”)) + ōra (“bank, shore”). See windlass.

Windsor is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,621 people named Windsor in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 40,512 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,479.

#4,652

rank among US surnames

7,621

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #4,391)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,648	Driggers	7,641	40,406
#4,649	Fortier	7,634	40,443
#4,650	Stroup	7,627	40,481
#4,652	Mather	7,621	40,512
#4,654	Halsey	7,619	40,523

Who is named Windsor

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

90% of people named Windsor identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Windsore

Surnames that sound like Windsor

Windisch-Grätz

Windsor has the Soundex code W532, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W532.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Windsor come from?: Inherited from Middle English Wyndelsore, from Old English Windlesōra (“Windsor”, literally “bank with a windlass, winch by the riverside”), from *windel ("reel, winch"; > Middle English windel (“reel, spool”)) + ōra (“bank, shore”). See windlass.
How common is the surname Windsor?: 7,621 people in the United States had the surname Windsor in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,512 Americans. It ranked 4,652nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Windsor?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Windsor identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Windsor?: Windsor is /ˈwɪndzɚ/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Windsor?: Windsor is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Windsor getting more or less common?: More common. 7,479 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,621 in 2010, up 1.9%.
What are other spellings of Windsor?: Windsore.
Is Windsor also a first name?: Yes. Windsor is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.