The surname Wadkins
A surname, carried by 1,759 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex W325
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,759 people named Wadkins in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 175,523 Americans. That is down 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,788.
#16,370
rank among US surnames
1,759
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
-1.6%
change since 2000 (was #15,135)
Who is named Wadkins
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
91% of people named Wadkins identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 91%
- Black (not Hispanic) 4.2%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
- Two or more races 1.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Wadkins
Wadkins has the Soundex code W325, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W325.
Questions
- How common is the surname Wadkins?
- 1,759 people in the United States had the surname Wadkins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 175,523 Americans. It ranked 16,370th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Wadkins?
- In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Wadkins identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Wadkins getting more or less common?
- Less common. 1,788 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,759 in 2010, down 1.6%.