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 mapWhere 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 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 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 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 mapWhere they were born
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
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Winter.
- Wininger 2,485 · U.S. census
- Winkel 2,570 · U.S. census
- Winkler 21,783 · U.S. census
- Winne 937 · U.S. census
- Winninger 127 · U.S. census
- Winstel 277 · U.S. census
- Winterberger 138 · U.S. census
- Winterhalter 783 · U.S. census
- Winterstein 632 · U.S. census
- Wintz 729 · U.S. census
- Wion 564 · U.S. census
- Wipf 2,747 · U.S. census
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