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    The surname Winterton

    An English place surname, carried by 878 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈwɪn.təɹ.tən/ 3 syllables Soundex W536

    Winterton: #27,452 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Winterton #27,452, 878 people Winterton: #27,452 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Winterton #27,452, 878 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Winterton is more common than 83.1% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From the Old English personal name Winter or Wintra + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

    Winterton is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 878 people named Winterton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 351,646 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 779.

    #27,452
    rank among US surnames
    878
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.7%
    change since 2000 (was #28,751)

    Who is named Winterton

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

    96% of people named Winterton identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Winterton

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

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Winterton come from?
    From the Old English personal name Winter or Wintra + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
    How common is the surname Winterton?
    878 people in the United States had the surname Winterton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 351,646 Americans. It ranked 27,452nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Winterton?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Winterton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    How do you pronounce Winterton?
    Winterton is /ˈwɪn.təɹ.tən/, 3 syllables.
    What type of surname is Winterton?
    Winterton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Winterton getting more or less common?
    More common. 779 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 878 in 2010, up 13%.