The Winner surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,853 people carried this name — #8,547 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 76,300 people counted. That is up 3% from 3,734 in 2000.

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In print

Winner in American newspapers,
1894–1901.

Newspaper page from The Portland Daily Press carrying the name Winner
The Portland Daily Press 1894-04-30
Newspaper page from The Columbian carrying the name Winner
The Columbian 1900-12-06
Newspaper page from The Sun carrying the name Winner
The Sun 1901-01-12

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,238 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Winner in Australian newspapers,
1830s–2000s.

15,443 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Winner. The most, 3,259, date from the 1930s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Victoria, at 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 5,477
Victoria 3,684
Queensland 2,661
South Australia 1,320
Western Australia 1,243
Tasmania 615
ACT (Canberra) 393
Northern Territory 20

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Winner.

Who carried it

People named Winner,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Emma Winner Rogers
    Emma Winner Rogers 1855–1922 · writer
  • Fred M. Winner
    Fred M. Winner 1912–2003 · judge
  • Septimus Winner 1827–1902 · writer
  • Joseph Winner 1837–1918 · composer
  • Doc Winner 1885–1956 · comics artist
  • Albertine Winner 1907–1988 · physician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Winner,
in the records of 8 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States411 records

411 records of the Winner name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 137
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 124
  • Other U.S. records 150
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Morris E. Winner

    Born 1924 in Illinois. Enlisted 1943 at Peoria; driver from Morgan County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Camp Butler National Cemetery, Illinois.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Monica Winner

    Arrived at Baltimore in 1846 aboard the Harvest from Bremen, aged 30; farmer. From Waldhausen, Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Brian Carl Winner

    Born 1947; from Detroit, Michigan. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 411 records for Winner in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Netherlands105 records

105 records of the Winner name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 61
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 37
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 7
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Klaas Winner

    Married in 1811 in Nieuwer-Amstel; bricklayer. Died 1847 in Ouder-Amstel, aged 66.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Clasina Petronella Johanna Winner

    Born 1884 in Utrecht. Married in 1912 in Utrecht. Died 1956 in Utrecht, aged 71.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Nicolas Winner

    Born 1891 in Utrecht. Died 1892 in Utrecht.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 105 records for Winner in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Germany65 records

65 records of the Winner name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 64
  • German emigration and citizenship files 1
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Heinrich Winner

    Born 1897; from Budenbruch, Iserlohn. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 3 December 1918 (Infantry Regiment No. 369).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Heinrich Winner

    Naturalised at Heppenheim in 1908.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Hessisches Staatsarchiv Darmstadt (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Georg Winner

    From Stünzbach, Niederb. Reported dead in the Bavarian casualty list of 13 October 1915 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 16).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 3 of 65 records for Winner in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0) · Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Australia25 records

25 records of the Winner name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 10
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 5
  • Other Australian records 10
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record James Winner

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Norfolk, arriving 1837.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Alice Winner

    Arrived in Queensland in 1902 aboard the Banffshire, aged 44.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Edward J. Winner

    Forest foreman of Port Campbell, Victoria; died 1954.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 25 records for Winner in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Winner name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Hilda Winner

    Married 1893 in Pictou, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Jacob Winner

    Listed at Wilmot, Annapolis, Nova Scotia in the census and tax rolls of 1791.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Winner name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record A. W. Winner

    Machine Gun Corps. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1919.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

France1 record

1 record of the Winner name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Emile Winner

    Born 1911 in Masevaux (Haut-Rhin); died 1993 in Saint-Victoret (Bouches-du-Rhône).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Norway1 record

1 record of the Winner name in Norway Norway's 1910 census
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Petra Winner

    Census of 1910: Hammerstad vestre, vestre, Østre Toten; of independent means, born 1862 in Østre Toten.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)

Counts: Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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