Last Name WINTON

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Meaning	Local: Of Winton, a township in parish of Kirkby-Sigston, N. Rid. Yorks, or a township in parish of Kirkby-Stephen, county Westmorland. Local: from Winton in Haddingtonshire.

Origin	English, Scottish, Jewish, Irish

Rank	7,948 (2000 US census)	6,722 (1990 US census)

Count	3,862 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

78.92%, or 3048 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
15.33%, or 592 total occurrences, as black,
0.31%, or 12 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1.14%, or 44 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
2.49%, or 96 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.81%, or 70 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

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