How common is the surname Wicklund?

2,550 people in the United States had the surname Wicklund in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 121,077 Americans. It ranked 12,212th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Wicklund getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,558 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,550 in 2010, down 0.3%.

The surname Wicklund

A Swedish surname, carried by 2,550 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W245

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wicklund is more common than 92.5% of them.

Origin

Swedish origin

Variant of Wiklund.

One of 133 Swedish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,550 people named Wicklund in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 121,077 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,558.

#12,212

rank among US surnames

2,550

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-0.3%

change since 2000 (was #11,329)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,204	Stimson	2,552	120,982
#12,208	Getchell	2,551	121,029
#12,212	Wicklund	2,550	121,077
#12,215	Hemmer	2,549	121,124
#12,218	Hover	2,548	121,172
#12,221	Berrier	2,547	121,219

Who is named Wicklund

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

94% of people named Wicklund identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as two or more races and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Two or more races 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wicklund

Wickline

Wicklund has the Soundex code W245, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W245.

Other Swedish surnames

All 133 Swedish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Wicklund come from?: Variant of Wiklund.
How common is the surname Wicklund?: 2,550 people in the United States had the surname Wicklund in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 121,077 Americans. It ranked 12,212th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wicklund?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Wicklund identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as two or more races.
Is the surname Wicklund getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,558 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,550 in 2010, down 0.3%.