How common is the surname Winton?

3,930 people in the United States had the surname Winton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,561 Americans. It ranked 8,408th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Winton?

Tim Winton, Australian novelist, short story writer, children's writer and screenwriter (born 1960), followed by Jane Winton.

Where is the surname Winton most common?

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

How do you pronounce Winton?

Winton is /ˈwɪn.tən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Winton getting more or less common?

More common. 3,862 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,930 in 2010, up 1.8%.

The surname Winton

An English place surname, carried by 3,930 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈwɪn.tən/ 2 syllables Soundex W535

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Winton is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Winton 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 3,930 people named Winton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 78,561 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,862.

#8,408

rank among US surnames

3,930

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+1.8%

change since 2000 (was #7,948)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,404	Alvis	3,936	78,441
#8,405	Carrick	3,935	78,461
#8,407	Heron	3,934	78,481
#8,408	Winton	3,930	78,561
#8,414	McKinzie	3,929	78,581

Who is named Winton

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

78% of people named Winton identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 78%
Black (not Hispanic) 15%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wintons

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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)

Notable Wintons come mostly from the United States (2) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Winton

Windom

Winton has the Soundex code W535, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W535.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Winton come from?: From either the Old English personal name Wine, which is a byname from wine (“friend”), or winn (“pasture”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
How common is the surname Winton?: 3,930 people in the United States had the surname Winton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,561 Americans. It ranked 8,408th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Winton?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Winton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Winton?: Tim Winton, Australian novelist, short story writer, children's writer and screenwriter (born 1960), followed by Jane Winton.
Where is the surname Winton most common?: Wikidata records people named Winton in the United States and Australia.
How do you pronounce Winton?: Winton is /ˈwɪn.tən/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Winton?: Winton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Winton getting more or less common?: More common. 3,862 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,930 in 2010, up 1.8%.