How common is the surname Wingo?

5,913 people in the United States had the surname Wingo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,215 Americans. It ranked 5,845th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Wingo?

Henry Wingo, American soccer player.

Where is the surname Wingo most common?

Wikidata records people named Wingo in the United States.

Is the surname Wingo getting more or less common?

More common. 5,875 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,913 in 2010, up 0.6%.

The surname Wingo

A surname, carried by 5,913 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wingo is more common than 96.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,913 people named Wingo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 52,215 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,875.

#5,845

rank among US surnames

5,913

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+0.6%

change since 2000 (was #5,448)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,838	Bentz	5,923	52,127
#5,841	Thurmond	5,922	52,135
#5,843	Sorrells	5,921	52,144
#5,845	Wingo	5,913	52,215
#5,847	Stoltz	5,912	52,224

Who is named Wingo

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

72% of people named Wingo identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 72%
Black (not Hispanic) 21%
Two or more races 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wingos

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Henry Wingo
American soccer player, born 1995

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Wingo

Wingo has the Soundex code W520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W520.

Questions

How common is the surname Wingo?: 5,913 people in the United States had the surname Wingo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,215 Americans. It ranked 5,845th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wingo?: In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Wingo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Wingo?: Henry Wingo, American soccer player.
Where is the surname Wingo most common?: Wikidata records people named Wingo in the United States.
Is the surname Wingo getting more or less common?: More common. 5,875 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,913 in 2010, up 0.6%.