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    The surname Wintz

    A surname, carried by 739 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex W532

    Wintz: #31,360 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Wintz #31,360, 739 people Wintz: #31,360 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Wintz #31,360, 739 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wintz is more common than 80.7% of them.

    Origin

    German surname, variant of Winz, shortened from old Germanic name beginnings with the element *wini (“friend”). Also sometimes shortened from Winzenz, German form of Vincent.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 739 people named Wintz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 417,788 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 729.

    #31,360
    rank among US surnames
    739
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.4%
    change since 2000 (was #30,292)

    Who is named Wintz

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

    89% of people named Wintz identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wintz

    Wintz has the Soundex code W532, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W532.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Wintz come from?
    German surname, variant of Winz, shortened from old Germanic name beginnings with the element *wini (“friend”). Also sometimes shortened from Winzenz, German form of Vincent.
    How common is the surname Wintz?
    739 people in the United States had the surname Wintz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 417,788 Americans. It ranked 31,360th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wintz?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Wintz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Wintz getting more or less common?
    More common. 729 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 739 in 2010, up 1.4%.