How common is the surname Wingard?

4,983 people in the United States had the surname Wingard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,960 Americans. It ranked 6,766th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Wingard?

Adam Wingard, American film director, followed by Carl-Gunnar Wingård.

Where is the surname Wingard most common?

Wikidata records people named Wingard in the United States and Sweden.

Is the surname Wingard getting more or less common?

More common. 4,912 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,983 in 2010, up 1.4%.

The surname Wingard

A surname, carried by 4,983 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W526

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wingard is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,983 people named Wingard in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 61,960 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,912.

#6,766

rank among US surnames

4,983

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+1.4%

change since 2000 (was #6,382)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,763	Cate	4,987	61,910
#6,764	Toms	4,986	61,922
#6,765	Crumpton	4,985	61,935
#6,766	Viveros	4,983	61,960
#6,769	Musgrave	4,982	61,972

Who is named Wingard

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

86% of people named Wingard identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 10%
Two or more races 1.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wingards

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Adam Wingard
American film director, born 1982
Carl-Gunnar Wingård
Actor (1894-1977)
Lenore Kight
American swimmer, Olympic silver medalist (1911-2000)

Notable Wingards come mostly from the United States (2) and Sweden (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wingard

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

Questions

How common is the surname Wingard?: 4,983 people in the United States had the surname Wingard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,960 Americans. It ranked 6,766th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wingard?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Wingard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Wingard?: Adam Wingard, American film director, followed by Carl-Gunnar Wingård.
Where is the surname Wingard most common?: Wikidata records people named Wingard in the United States and Sweden.
Is the surname Wingard getting more or less common?: More common. 4,912 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,983 in 2010, up 1.4%.