How common is the surname Wingate?

8,359 people in the United States had the surname Wingate in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,936 Americans. It ranked 4,242nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Wingate?

Orde Wingate, British Army officer, creator of the Chindit mission in World War II (1903–1944), followed by Paine Wingate.

Where is the surname Wingate most common?

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

Is the surname Wingate getting more or less common?

More common. 8,221 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,359 in 2010, up 1.7%.

The surname Wingate

An English place surname, carried by 8,359 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W523

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wingate is more common than 97.4% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Wingate is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,359 people named Wingate in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,936 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,221.

#4,242

rank among US surnames

8,359

people in 2010

2.8

per 100,000 Americans

+1.7%

change since 2000 (was #3,968)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,234	Prewitt	8,371	36,883
#4,235	Fu	8,370	36,887
#4,236	Covert	8,369	36,892
#4,238	Mariscal	8,368	36,896
#4,239	Houle	8,364	36,914
#4,240	Hales	8,363	36,918
#4,241	Nemeth	8,362	36,922

Who is named Wingate

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

72% of people named Wingate identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wingates

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Notable Wingates come mostly from the United Kingdom (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Windeatt

Surnames that sound like Wingate

Wingate has the Soundex code W523, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W523.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Wingate come from?: From Old English wind (“wind”) + ġeat (“gate”).
How common is the surname Wingate?: 8,359 people in the United States had the surname Wingate in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,936 Americans. It ranked 4,242nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wingate?: In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Wingate identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Wingate?: Orde Wingate, British Army officer, creator of the Chindit mission in World War II (1903–1944), followed by Paine Wingate.
Where is the surname Wingate most common?: Wikidata records people named Wingate in the United Kingdom and the United States.
What type of surname is Wingate?: Wingate is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Wingate getting more or less common?: More common. 8,221 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,359 in 2010, up 1.7%.
What are other spellings of Wingate?: Windeatt.