Last Name WINSTON

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Meaning Local: Of Winston, a hamlet near Barnard Castle, county Durham or a hamlet near Debenham, county Suffolk, or a hamlet near Cirencester, county Gloucester. The variant Winson is fairly familiar. In a similar way Kelson is a modification of Kelston.
Origin English, Jewish, Irish

Rank 1,605 (2000 US census) 1,226 (1990 US census)
Count 20,537 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 32.37%, or 6648 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 62.65%, or 12866 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.52%, or 107 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.31%, or 64 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.71%, or 557 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.45%, or 298 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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