# Wingate (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/wingate/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,359 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,242 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 36,936 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.7% (8,221 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Windeatt |

## Etymology

From Old English wind (“wind”) + ġeat (“gate”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Wingate in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 72% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 23% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Wingate in the United Kingdom and the United States.

## People named Wingate

- Orde Wingate, British Army officer, creator of the Chindit mission in World War II (1903–1944)
- Paine Wingate, American politician (1739-1838)

## Similar surnames

Winstead, Winget, Winsett, Winstanley, Winston, Weinstein, Weinstock, Wainscott, Wimsatt.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.