WiNKEY

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Abbreviation of Windows key

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

WiNKEY is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 1.6M(measured from records)
  • SGSingapore≈1 in 872K
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 1.2M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

208 people, 2010

Sources
105 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 872K (inferred from the name graph)

Singapore, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Abbreviation of Windows key.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world(measured from records)

WiNKEY counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where WiNKEY is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States2081 in 1.6M208WiNKEY105
GB United Kingdom≈53 est.≈1 in 1.2M—WiNKEY5
SG Singapore≈7 est.≈1 in 872K—WiNKEY2
BE Belgium≈7 est.≈1 in 1.7M—WiNKEY1
RU Russia≈6 est.≈1 in 24M—WiNKEY2
CA Canada≈5 est.≈1 in 7.5M—WiNKEY8

208 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010, counting the spelling winkey. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 5 sources across 1 country.

Official registers attesting WiNKEY
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020208#94,341
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010208#89,069
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000201#86,341
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name WiNKEY mean, and where does it come from?
Abbreviation of Windows key. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does WiNKEY have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 208 people named WiNKEY, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled WiNKEY.
How common is the name WiNKEY?
In the United States, the national register counted 208 people named WiNKEY in 2010, about 1 in 1.6 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “WiNKEY”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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