How common is the surname Winstead?

8,756 people in the United States had the surname Winstead in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,261 Americans. It ranked 4,054th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Winstead?

Mary Elizabeth Winstead, American actress (born 1984).

Where is the surname Winstead most common?

Wikidata records people named Winstead in the United States.

How do you pronounce Winstead?

Winstead is /ˈwɪn.stɛd/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Winstead getting more or less common?

More common. 8,478 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,756 in 2010, up 3.3%.

The surname Winstead

A surname, carried by 8,756 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈwɪn.stɛd/ 2 syllables Soundex W523

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Winstead is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,756 people named Winstead in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 35,261 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,478.

#4,054

rank among US surnames

8,756

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

+3.3%

change since 2000 (was #3,848)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,045	Robinette	8,784	35,149
#4,046	Meeker	8,781	35,161
#4,048	Cathey	8,779	35,169
#4,049	Craddock	8,772	35,197
#4,050	Kirsch	8,764	35,229
#4,051	Back	8,762	35,237
#4,052	Arsenault	8,760	35,245

Who is named Winstead

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

79% of people named Winstead identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 79%
Black (not Hispanic) 17%
Two or more races 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Winsteads

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mary Elizabeth Winstead
American actress (born 1984)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Winstead

Winstead has the Soundex code W523, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W523.

Questions

How common is the surname Winstead?: 8,756 people in the United States had the surname Winstead in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,261 Americans. It ranked 4,054th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Winstead?: In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Winstead identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Winstead?: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, American actress (born 1984).
Where is the surname Winstead most common?: Wikidata records people named Winstead in the United States.
How do you pronounce Winstead?: Winstead is /ˈwɪn.stɛd/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Winstead getting more or less common?: More common. 8,478 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,756 in 2010, up 3.3%.