How common is the surname Winner?

3,853 people in the United States had the surname Winner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 80,131 Americans. It ranked 8,547th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Winner?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Winner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Winner?

Dana Winner, Belgian female singer, followed by Langdon Winner.

Where is the surname Winner most common?

Wikidata records people named Winner in the United States and Belgium.

Is the surname Winner getting more or less common?

More common. 3,734 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,853 in 2010, up 3.2%.

The surname Winner

A surname, carried by 3,853 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W560

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Winner is more common than 94.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,853 people named Winner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 80,131 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,734.

#8,547

rank among US surnames

3,853

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+3.2%

change since 2000 (was #8,166)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,541	Petrone	3,854	80,110
#8,547	Winner	3,853	80,131
#8,551	Riehl	3,852	80,152
#8,556	Gress	3,850	80,194

Who is named Winner

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

94% of people named Winner identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Winners

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dana Winner
Belgian female singer, born 1965
Langdon Winner
American academic, born 1944
Septimus Winner
American songwriter, lyricist, composer, music publisher (1827–1902)

Notable Winners come mostly from the United States (2) and Belgium (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Winner

Winner has the Soundex code W560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W560.

Questions

How common is the surname Winner?: 3,853 people in the United States had the surname Winner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 80,131 Americans. It ranked 8,547th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Winner?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Winner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Winner?: Dana Winner, Belgian female singer, followed by Langdon Winner.
Where is the surname Winner most common?: Wikidata records people named Winner in the United States and Belgium.
Is the surname Winner getting more or less common?: More common. 3,734 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,853 in 2010, up 3.2%.