How common is the surname Winfrey?

6,740 people in the United States had the surname Winfrey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,808 Americans. It ranked 5,187th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Winfrey?

Oprah Winfrey, American talk show host, actress, producer, and author (born 1954).

Where is the surname Winfrey most common?

Wikidata records people named Winfrey in the United States.

Is the surname Winfrey getting more or less common?

More common. 6,518 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,740 in 2010, up 3.4%.

Is Winfrey also a first name?

Yes. Winfrey 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 Winfrey

A patronymic surname, carried by 6,740 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W516

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Winfrey is more common than 96.8% of them.

Origin

From a medieval variant of Winfred.

Winfrey is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,740 people named Winfrey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 45,808 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,518.

#5,187

rank among US surnames

6,740

people in 2010

2.3

per 100,000 Americans

+3.4%

change since 2000 (was #4,951)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,182	Fulcher	6,745	45,774
#5,184	McMaster	6,744	45,781
#5,185	Roeder	6,742	45,794
#5,187	Aziz	6,740	45,808
#5,191	Loftin	6,739	45,815

Who is named Winfrey

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

52% of people named Winfrey identified as white (not Hispanic), 41% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 52%
Black (not Hispanic) 41%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Winfreys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Oprah Winfrey
American talk show host, actress, producer, and author (born 1954)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Winfrey

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

Questions

Where does the surname Winfrey come from?: From a medieval variant of Winfred.
How common is the surname Winfrey?: 6,740 people in the United States had the surname Winfrey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,808 Americans. It ranked 5,187th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Winfrey?: In the 2010 Census, 52% of people named Winfrey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 41% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Winfrey?: Oprah Winfrey, American talk show host, actress, producer, and author (born 1954).
Where is the surname Winfrey most common?: Wikidata records people named Winfrey in the United States.
What type of surname is Winfrey?: Winfrey is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Winfrey getting more or less common?: More common. 6,518 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,740 in 2010, up 3.4%.
Is Winfrey also a first name?: Yes. Winfrey 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.