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Vanwinkle Ranking

In the United States, the name Vanwinkle is the 4,082nd most popular surname with an estimated 7,461 people with that name. 1


United States Vanwinkle migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Vanwinkle Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Jacob Wallingen VanWinkle, who landed in New York in 1633 2
Vanwinkle Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Mary Vanwinkle, who arrived in Texas in 1835 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Vanwinkle (post 1700) +

  • John VanWinkle, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for U.S. Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1992 3
  • A. J. VanWinkle, American politician, Mayor of Shawnee, Kansas, 1923-25 3

USS Arizona
  • Mr. Edward L. VanWinkle, American Fireman Second Class working aboard the ship "USS Arizona" when she sunk during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7th December 1941, he survived the sinking 4


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. 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)
  3. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 10) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
  4. Pearl Harbour: USS Arizona Casualties List Pearl Harbour December 7, 1941. (Retrieved 2018, July 31st). Retrieved from http://pearl-harbor.com/arizona/casualtylist.html


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