Winkler Family History
Winkler Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): topographic name for someone who
lived on a corner or occupational name for someone who kept a corner
shop or farmed a corner of land, from an agent derivative of
Winkel 1. This name is widespread throughout central and
eastern Europe, being found for example as a Czech, Polish, Slovenian,
and Hungarian name.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Winkler
Name Distribution of Winkler Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Winkler families
 156 - 309  53 - 155 |
 1 - 52  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Winkler families
|
24 - 45 9 - 23 |
1 - 8 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Winkler families
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4 - 5 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Winkler census records
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Winkler Family Origin
Winkler Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Winkler
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Winkler Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Winkler census records
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Winkler Civil War Service Records
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