The Winkel surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 2,570 people carried this name — #11,287 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 105,300 people counted.
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In Poland’s population register
485 people named Winkel have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 598 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 9 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 191 people named Winkel.
13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Moselle.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
43 people named Winkel live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 36 people named Winkel live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Limburg.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Winkel.
- Windstein 129 · U.S. census
- Wine 4,414 · U.S. census
- Wingert 3,044 · U.S. census
- Wingerter 1,332 · U.S. census
- Winiarski 929 · U.S. census
- Wininger 2,485 · U.S. census
- Winkler 21,783 · U.S. census
- Winne 937 · U.S. census
- Winninger 127 · U.S. census
- Winstel 277 · U.S. census
- Winter 30,721 · U.S. census
- Winterberger 138 · U.S. census
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