# Winokur (surname)

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

A surname from Russian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Russian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 612 |
| US rank (2010) | 36,525 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 504,486 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.3% (581 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Jewish surname derived from a Germanized form of Russian виноку́р (vinokúr, “distiller”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Winokur 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) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Winokur in the United States.

## People named Winokur

- Marissa Jaret Winokur, American actress

## Similar surnames

Winger, Winsor, Wenger, Wingard, Wingert, Wengerd, Winegar, Weingarten, Weingart, Weingartner, Wingerter, Winegardner.

## 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.