# Winkler (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 21,993 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,640 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 14,038 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.0% (21,783 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Winkler 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Winkler in the United States and Austria.

## People named Winkler

- Henry Winkler, American actor
- Mel Winkler, American actor (1941–2020)
- Irwin Winkler, American motion picture producer, motion picture director, screenwriter
- Harald Winkler, Austrian bobsledder
- Josef Winkler, Austrian writer
- Margaret J. Winkler, American film producer
- Max Winkler, American film director, screenwriter, television director
- Rudy Winkler, American male hammer thrower
- Charles Winkler, American television and film director and producer

## Similar surnames

Wingler, Wangler, Winkelman, Winkle, Winkel, Winkelmann, Winkles, Winkleman, Winkley, Winslow, Wenzel, Winchell.

## 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.