# Winter (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/winter/  
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 the Germanic languages.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 31,310 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,119 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 9,861 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.9% (30,721 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Wintour |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Winter 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Winter in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Austria and Brazil.

## People named Winter

- Greg Winter, British biochemist (born 1951)
- Johnny Winter, American blues guitarist and singer (1944–2014)
- Eric Winter, American actor (born 1976)
- Edgar Winter, American musician
- Terence Winter, American television and film writer
- Nick Winter, Australian triple jumper (1894–1955)
- Alex Winter, British actor
- John Winter, Australian high jumper (1924-2007)
- Paul Winter, American saxophonist
- Tex Winter, American basketball coach (1922–2018)
- Ernst Florian Winter, Austrian historian and politologist (1923-2014)
- Marcos Winter, Brazilian actor

and 11 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Winder, Winters, Winders, Wynter, Winterbottom, Winterton, Wentworth, Weintraub, Wunderlich, Wunder, Wendorf.

## 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.