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    The surname Winfree

    A surname, carried by 2,387 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W516

    Winfree: #12,886 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Winfree #12,886, 2,387 people Winfree: #12,886 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Winfree #12,886, 2,387 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Winfree is more common than 92.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,387 people named Winfree in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 129,345 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,273.

    #12,886
    rank among US surnames
    2,387
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5%
    change since 2000 (was #12,502)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,878Silber2,390129,182
    #12,881Dearth2,389129,236
    #12,884Capetillo2,388129,290
    #12,886Winfree2,387129,345
    #12,889Emrick2,386129,399
    #12,894Bross2,385129,453

    Who is named Winfree

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

    75% of people named Winfree identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 75%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 19%
    • Two or more races 3.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Winfrees

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Arthur Winfree
      American theoretical biologist (1942–2002)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Winfree

    Winfree has the Soundex code W516, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W516.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Winfree?
    2,387 people in the United States had the surname Winfree in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 129,345 Americans. It ranked 12,886th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Winfree?
    In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Winfree identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Winfree?
    Arthur Winfree, American theoretical biologist (1942–2002).
    Where is the surname Winfree most common?
    Wikidata records people named Winfree in the United States.
    Is the surname Winfree getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,273 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,387 in 2010, up 5.0%.