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Winkel Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): topographic name for someone
who lived on a corner of land in the country or a street corner in a
town or city, from Middle High German winkel, German
Winkel ‘corner’. In time this word also came to denote a corner
shop (see Winkelmann). This surname is also established in
Denmark, Sweden, and elsewhere in central Europe.German:
habitational name from any of various places named Winkel.Dutch and Belgian (van (der) Winkel, van den
Winkel): habitational name from any of numerous minor places named
with winkel ‘corner’, for example Ten Winkel in many provinces
of Belgium and the Netherlands, or either of two places called
Oostwinkel, in East and West Flanders.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Winkel
Name Distribution of Winkel Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Winkel families
 23 - 43  8 - 22 |
 1 - 7  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Winkel families
|
12 - 22 5 - 11 |
1 - 4 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Winkel Family Origin
Winkel Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Winkel
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Winkel Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Winkel census records
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