Winkel Surname History

Origins Available:
England
Germany
Israel

Winkel Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Winckler, Winkler, Winkel, Winckeler, Winkeler, Winck, Wincker, Winker, Winkele and many more.

Winkel Ranking

In the United States, the name Winkel is the 12,701^st most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1 However, in Netherlands, the name Winkel is ranked the 624^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,909 people with that name. 2

Winkel migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Winkel Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Henrig Winkel, who arrived in New York in 1709 3

Winkel Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

M H Winkel, aged 40, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1807 3
Mrs. Marg. Winkel, (nee Sievers), from Germany who arrived in Galveston, Texas aboard the ship "Hercules" in 1844
Mr. Fried. Winkel, from Germany who arrived in Galveston, Texas aboard the ship "Hercules" in 1844
Mr. Hein. Winkel, from Germany who arrived in Galveston, Texas aboard the ship "Hercules" in 1844
Mr. Wilh. Winkel, from Germany who arrived in Galveston, Texas aboard the ship "Hercules" in 1844
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Winkel (post 1700) +

Rick Winkel (b. 1956), American politician and lawyer, Member of the Illinois Senate (2003-2007)
Gary Winkel (b. 1938), American environmental psychologist
Nathaniel "Nate" Winkel (b. 1978), retired American soccer midfielder
Adrian Paul Winkel (1915-1994), American politician, High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
Adrian Winkel, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1960 4
Paul van Winkel (b. 1953), Belgian wheelchair racer and multiple Paralympic gold medalist
Petrus Wijtse Winkel (1909-2012), Dutch colonial administrator in the Dutch East Indies
Torsten de Winkel (b. 1965), German musician, composer, and philosopher
Leo Winkel (1885-1981), German architect
Lambert Allard te Winkel (1809-1868), Dutch linguist and lexicographer
... (Another 8 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Historic Events for the Winkel family +

Bismarck

Artur Winkel (1891-1941), German Angestellter who served aboard the German Battleship Bismarck during World War II when it was sunk heading to France; he died in the sinking 5

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
"Most Common Last Names in Netherlands." Forebears, https://forebears.io/netherlands/surnames
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 12) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
Bismarck & Tirpitz Class - Crew List Bismarck. (Retrieved 2018, February 06). Retrieved from https://www.bismarck-class.dk/bismarck/crew/bismarck_crew.html#crew_details