How common is the surname Winkler?

21,993 people in the United States had the surname Winkler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,038 Americans. It ranked 1,640th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Winkler?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Winkler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Winkler?

Henry Winkler, American actor, followed by Mel Winkler.

Where is the surname Winkler most common?

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

Is the surname Winkler getting more or less common?

More common. 21,783 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 21,993 in 2010, up 1.0%.

The surname Winkler

A surname, carried by 21,993 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W524

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Winkler is more common than 99% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 21,993 people named Winkler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 14,038 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 21,783.

#1,640

rank among US surnames

21,993

people in 2010

7.5

per 100,000 Americans

+1%

change since 2000 (was #1,505)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,631	Meade	22,091	13,976
#1,632	Silver	22,052	14,001
#1,633	Ojeda	22,045	14,005
#1,634	Geiger	22,039	14,009
#1,635	Dodge	22,035	14,012
#1,637	Lujan	22,021	14,021
#1,638	Babcock	22,016	14,024

Who is named Winkler

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

94% of people named Winkler identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Winklers

9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Henry Winkler
American actor, born 1945
Mel Winkler
American actor (1941–2020)
Irwin Winkler
American motion picture producer, motion picture director, screenwriter, born 1931
Harald Winkler
Austrian bobsledder, born 1962
Josef Winkler
Austrian writer, born 1953
Margaret J. Winkler
American film producer, 1895–1990
Max Winkler
American film director, screenwriter, television director, born 1983
Rudy Winkler
American male hammer thrower, born 1994
Charles Winkler
American television and film director and producer, born 1953

Notable Winklers come mostly from the United States (7) and Austria (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Winkler

Winkler 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 Winkler?: 21,993 people in the United States had the surname Winkler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,038 Americans. It ranked 1,640th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Winkler?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Winkler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Winkler?: Henry Winkler, American actor, followed by Mel Winkler.
Where is the surname Winkler most common?: Wikidata records people named Winkler in the United States and Austria.
Is the surname Winkler getting more or less common?: More common. 21,783 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 21,993 in 2010, up 1.0%.