Find out how popular the last name Wininger is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Wininger.

Wininger, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Wininger surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Wininger in America

Wininger is the 12043rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Wininger surname appeared 2,590 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Wininger.

We can also compare 2010 data for Wininger to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Wininger

The surname Wininger has its origins in the German language. It is believed to have originated in the southern regions of Germany, particularly in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg, during the late 16th or early 17th century.

The name Wininger is thought to be derived from the German word "Winninger," which refers to a person from the town of Winningen, located in the Rhineland-Palatinate region of Germany. This suggests that the name may have initially been a locational surname, given to individuals who hailed from or resided in Winningen.

Historical records indicate that the Wininger surname first appeared in church registers and tax records in the towns and villages of southern Germany during the 17th century. One of the earliest known instances of the name can be found in the baptismal records of St. Peter's Church in Freiburg im Breisgau, where a child named Johann Wininger was baptized in 1632.

In the 18th century, the Wininger surname began to spread beyond its original German borders. Johann Friedrich Wininger, born in 1721 in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, is recorded as having immigrated to the American colonies in the mid-1700s, settling in Pennsylvania.

Several notable individuals have borne the Wininger surname throughout history. Karl Theodor Wininger (1801-1853), a German historian and writer, authored numerous works on the history of Baden and the Palatinate regions. Another Wininger of note was Friedrich Wininger (1835-1912), a German philosopher and educator who taught at the University of Munich.

In the 19th century, the Wininger name appeared in various localities across Europe. Gottlieb Wininger (1826-1892), a Swiss-German theologian and writer, published several religious works during his lifetime. Meanwhile, Salomon Wininger (1841-1905), a Hungarian-born Jewish scholar and bibliographer, made significant contributions to the study of Jewish literature and history.

As the centuries passed, the Wininger surname continued to disperse, with families bearing this name settling in various parts of the world, including North America, South America, and Australia.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Wininger

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Wininger.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Wininger was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Wininger has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Wininger was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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