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    The surname Wicker

    A surname, carried by 10,321 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W260

    Wicker: #3,462 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Wicker #3,462, 10,321 people Wicker: #3,462 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wicker #3,462, 10,321 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wicker is more common than 97.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 10,321 people named Wicker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 29,914 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,750.

    #3,462
    rank among US surnames
    10,321
    people in 2010
    3.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.9%
    change since 2000 (was #3,351)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,453Reichert10,34529,845
    #3,454Deguzman10,34129,856
    #3,455Paniagua10,34029,859
    #3,456Dupont10,33929,862
    #3,457Skipper10,33829,865
    #3,458Higgs10,33329,880
    #3,460Bagwell10,32429,906

    Who is named Wicker

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    80% of people named Wicker identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 80%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 15%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Wickers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Roger Wicker
      American lawyer and politician (born 1951)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wicker

    Wicker has the Soundex code W260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W260.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Wicker?
    10,321 people in the United States had the surname Wicker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,914 Americans. It ranked 3,462nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wicker?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Wicker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Wicker?
    Roger Wicker, American lawyer and politician (born 1951).
    Where is the surname Wicker most common?
    Wikidata records people named Wicker in the United States.
    Is the surname Wicker getting more or less common?
    More common. 9,750 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,321 in 2010, up 5.9%.