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    The surname Winkel

    A surname, carried by 2,584 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W524

    Winkel: #12,068 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Winkel #12,068, 2,584 people Winkel: #12,068 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Winkel #12,068, 2,584 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Winkel is more common than 92.6% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,584 people named Winkel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 119,484 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,570.

    #12,068
    rank among US surnames
    2,584
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.5%
    change since 2000 (was #11,287)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,059Vacca2,586119,391
    #12,064Guyette2,585119,437
    #12,068Maradiaga2,584119,484
    #12,072Horrocks2,583119,530

    Who is named Winkel

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

    96% of people named Winkel identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

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    Surnames that sound like Winkel

    Winkel has the Soundex code W524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W524.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Winkel?
    2,584 people in the United States had the surname Winkel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 119,484 Americans. It ranked 12,068th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Winkel?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Winkel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Winkel getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,570 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,584 in 2010, up 0.5%.