Explore the Family Name Wynder

The meaning of Wynder

English (Sussex): variant of Winder. This surname is now rare in Britain.

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How common is the last name Wynder in the United States?

According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Wynder saw a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 31,884th most popular in the United States; however, by 2010 it dropped to the 33,241st spot, marking a 4.26 percent decline. Despite this drop in ranking, the count of individuals with the Wynder surname slightly increased from 684 in 2000 to 688 in 2010, a growth of 0.58 percent. The proportion per 100,000 people also fell by 8 percent over the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#31,884	#33,241	-4.26%
Count	684	688	0.58%
Proportion per 100k	0.25	0.23	-8%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Wynder

When examining the ethnic identity associated with the Wynder surname, it's predominantly linked with the Black community, although there was a decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the percentage of Black individuals identified as Wynder was 78.36 percent; by 2010, this number had fallen to 72.67 percent, signifying a 7.26 percent decrease. This is according to the Decennial U.S. Census. Over that same period, there was an increase in the percentage of those identifying as two or more races, from 1.75 percent to 5.67 percent, marking a significant change of 224 percent. There were modest increases in both White and Hispanic identifications, with respective changes of 2.91 percent and 25.54 percent. There were no reported persons of Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicity with the Wynder surname in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
Black	78.36%	72.67%	-7.26%
White	16.81%	17.3%	2.91%
Two or More Races	1.75%	5.67%	224%
Hispanic	2.78%	3.49%	25.54%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%