The Winterhalter surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 775 people carried this name — #30,222 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 384,600 people counted. That is down 1% from 783 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 144 people named Winterhalter.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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
90 people named Winterhalter live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Winterhalter,
with a public archive behind them.
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Franz Xaver Winterhalter 1805–1873 · painter -
Franz Xaver Winterhalter 1805–1873 · painter
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Hermann Winterhalter 1808–1891 · artist -
Albert G. Winterhalter 1856–1920 · military officer -
Josef Winterhalder der Jüngere 1743–1807 · painter
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Georg Winterhalter 1822–1894 · architect
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Winterhalter.
- Winkler 21,993 · U.S. census
- Winne 742 · U.S. census
- Winninger 110 · U.S. census
- Winstel 291 · U.S. census
- Winter 31,310 · U.S. census
- Winterberger 139 · U.S. census
- Winterstein 588 · U.S. census
- Wintz 739 · U.S. census
- Wion 564 · U.S. census
- Wipf 1,950 · U.S. census
- Wirth 9,907 · U.S. census
- Wirtz 4,166 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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