How common is the surname Wininger?

2,590 people in the United States had the surname Wininger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 119,207 Americans. It ranked 12,043rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Wininger?

Salomon Wininger, Austrian encyclopedist-biographer (1877-1968).

Where is the surname Wininger most common?

Wikidata records people named Wininger in Austria–Hungary.

Is the surname Wininger getting more or less common?

More common. 2,485 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,590 in 2010, up 4.2%.

The surname Wininger

A surname, carried by 2,590 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex W552

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wininger is more common than 92.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,590 people named Wininger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 119,207 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,485.

#12,043

rank among US surnames

2,590

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+4.2%

change since 2000 (was #11,590)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,035	Lafayette	2,593	119,069
#12,040	Fredricks	2,592	119,115
#12,042	Oliveras	2,591	119,161
#12,043	Heckler	2,590	119,207
#12,047	Whittier	2,589	119,253
#12,048	Branscum	2,588	119,299

Who is named Wininger

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

96% of people named Wininger identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Two or more races 1.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Winingers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Salomon Wininger
Austrian encyclopedist-biographer (1877-1968)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wininger

Wineinger

Wininger has the Soundex code W552, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W552.

Questions

How common is the surname Wininger?: 2,590 people in the United States had the surname Wininger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 119,207 Americans. It ranked 12,043rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wininger?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wininger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Wininger?: Salomon Wininger, Austrian encyclopedist-biographer (1877-1968).
Where is the surname Wininger most common?: Wikidata records people named Wininger in Austria–Hungary.
Is the surname Wininger getting more or less common?: More common. 2,485 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,590 in 2010, up 4.2%.