How common is the surname Winn?

22,316 people in the United States had the surname Winn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,835 Americans. It ranked 1,611th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Winn getting more or less common?

More common. 21,566 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 22,316 in 2010, up 3.5%.

The surname Winn

A surname, carried by 22,316 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex W500

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

Origin

English and Welsh surname, spelling variant of Wynn and Gwynn.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 22,316 people named Winn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 13,835 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 21,566.

#1,611

rank among US surnames

22,316

people in 2010

7.6

per 100,000 Americans

+3.5%

change since 2000 (was #1,532)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,602	Huggins	22,371	13,801
#1,603	Amador	22,370	13,802
#1,604	Dunham	22,362	13,807
#1,605	Goode	22,356	13,810
#1,606	Kauffman	22,353	13,812
#1,607	Piper	22,329	13,827
#1,609	Cuellar	22,324	13,830

Who is named Winn

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

75% of people named Winn identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 75%
Black (not Hispanic) 18%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 2.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Winn

Winn has the Soundex code W500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W500.

Questions

Where does the surname Winn come from?: English and Welsh surname, spelling variant of Wynn and Gwynn.
How common is the surname Winn?: 22,316 people in the United States had the surname Winn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,835 Americans. It ranked 1,611th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Winn?: In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Winn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Winn getting more or less common?: More common. 21,566 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 22,316 in 2010, up 3.5%.