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    The surname Winegar

    A Dutch surname, carried by 2,521 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex W526

    Winegar: #12,333 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Winegar #12,333, 2,521 people Winegar: #12,333 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Winegar #12,333, 2,521 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Winegar is more common than 92.4% of them.

    Origin

    Dutch origin

    Americanized form of Dutch Winjgaerd.

    One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,521 people named Winegar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,469 Americans. That is up 6.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,370.

    #12,333
    rank among US surnames
    2,521
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.4%
    change since 2000 (was #12,081)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,328Reason2,522122,421
    #12,333Crochet2,521122,469
    #12,339Birge2,520122,518

    Who is named Winegar

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

    96% of people named Winegar identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Winegar

    Winegar has the Soundex code W526, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W526.

    Other Dutch surnames

    All 167 Dutch surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Winegar come from?
    Americanized form of Dutch Winjgaerd.
    How common is the surname Winegar?
    2,521 people in the United States had the surname Winegar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,469 Americans. It ranked 12,333rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Winegar?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Winegar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Winegar getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,370 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,521 in 2010, up 6.4%.