# Winton (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/winton/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,930 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,408 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 78,561 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.8% (3,862 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈwɪn.tən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From either the Old English personal name Wine, which is a byname from wine (“friend”), or winn (“pasture”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Winton 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) | 78% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Winton in the United States and Australia.

## People named Winton

- Tim Winton, Australian novelist, short story writer, children's writer and screenwriter (born 1960)
- Jane Winton, American actress (1905–1959)
- Alexander Winton, British automotive pioneer (1860–1932)

## Similar surnames

Windom, Windham.

## 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.