How common is the surname Winter?

31,310 people in the United States had the surname Winter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,861 Americans. It ranked 1,119th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Winter?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Winter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Winter?

Greg Winter, British biochemist (born 1951), followed by Johnny Winter.

Where is the surname Winter most common?

Wikidata records people named Winter in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and 2 other countries.

Is the surname Winter getting more or less common?

More common. 30,721 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 31,310 in 2010, up 1.9%.

Is Winter also a first name?

Yes. Winter is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Winter

A surname, carried by 31,310 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W536 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Winter is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

A surname from the Germanic languages.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 31,310 people named Winter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 9,861 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 30,721.

#1,119

rank among US surnames

31,310

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #1,043)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,110	Carrasco	31,575	9,778
#1,112	Donahue	31,563	9,782
#1,113	Kinney	31,558	9,783
#1,114	Donnelly	31,505	9,800
#1,115	Britt	31,474	9,810
#1,116	Craft	31,452	9,816
#1,117	Odell	31,349	9,849

Who is named Winter

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

93% of people named Winter identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Winters

23 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, born 1946
Terence Winter
American television and film writer, born 1960
Nick Winter
Australian triple jumper (1894–1955)
Alex Winter
British actor, born 1965
John Winter
Australian high jumper (1924-2007)
Paul Winter
American saxophonist, born 1939
Tex Winter
American basketball coach (1922–2018)
Ernst Florian Winter
Austrian historian and politologist (1923-2014)
Marcos Winter
Brazilian actor, born 1966

Notable Winters come mostly from the United States (14), the United Kingdom (3) and Australia (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Wintour

Surnames that sound like Winter

Winter has the Soundex code W536, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W536.

Questions

How common is the surname Winter?: 31,310 people in the United States had the surname Winter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,861 Americans. It ranked 1,119th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Winter?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Winter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Winter?: Greg Winter, British biochemist (born 1951), followed by Johnny Winter.
Where is the surname Winter most common?: Wikidata records people named Winter in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and 2 other countries.
Is the surname Winter getting more or less common?: More common. 30,721 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 31,310 in 2010, up 1.9%.
What are other spellings of Winter?: Wintour.
Is Winter also a first name?: Yes. Winter is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.