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The surname Winsor

A surname, carried by 2,771 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W526

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Winsor is more common than 93% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,771 people named Winsor in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 111,420 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,732.

#11,380
rank among US surnames
2,771
people in 2010
0.9
per 100,000 Americans
+1.4%
change since 2000 (was #10,724)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#11,371MacIntyre2,774111,300
#11,374Gessner2,773111,340
#11,377Bornstein2,772111,380
#11,380Sauers2,771111,420
#11,383Mooneyham2,770111,460
#11,388Max2,769111,501

Who is named Winsor

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

95% of people named Winsor identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 95%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
  • Two or more races 1.1%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Winsors

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Kathleen Winsor
    American author (1919-2003)
  • Justin Winsor
    American librarian and historian (1831–1897)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Winsor

Winsor has the Soundex code W526, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W526.

Questions

How common is the surname Winsor?
2,771 people in the United States had the surname Winsor in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,420 Americans. It ranked 11,380th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Winsor?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Winsor identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Winsor?
Kathleen Winsor, American author (1919-2003), followed by Justin Winsor.
Where is the surname Winsor most common?
Wikidata records people named Winsor in the United States.
Is the surname Winsor getting more or less common?
More common. 2,732 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,771 in 2010, up 1.4%.