Winter surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Winter surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 30,721 people carried this name — #1,043 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 8,780 people counted.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

1,481 people named Winter live in Switzerland.

They live in 22 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Aargau 369
Zurich 338
Basel-Landschaft 127
Bern 98
St. Gallen 90
Basel-Stadt 87
Lucerne 75
Thurgau 54

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 Poland’s population register

1,185 people named Winter have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 1,533 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Pomeranian 162
Silesian 158
Masovian 145
Greater Poland 141
Łódź 104
Lower Silesian 98
Lesser Poland 93
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 67

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 971 people named Winter.

171 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 51 départements, most often Moselle.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 171
Moselle 187
Bas-Rhin 170
Haut-Rhin 95
Paris 73
Meurthe-et-Moselle 30
Oise 24
Nord 21
Yvelines 16

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 54 people named Winter 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 Liège.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Liège 19
Antwerp 12
East Flanders 8
Brussels-Capital 5
Flemish Brabant 5
Limburg 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

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