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The surname Wickwire

A surname, carried by 1,019 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W260

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wickwire is more common than 84.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,019 people named Wickwire in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 302,989 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 993.

#24,531
rank among US surnames
1,019
people in 2010
0.3
per 100,000 Americans
+2.6%
change since 2000 (was #23,781)

Who is named Wickwire

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

94% of people named Wickwire identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as two or more races and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Two or more races 2.9%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
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 Wickwire

Wickwire 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 Wickwire?
1,019 people in the United States had the surname Wickwire in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 302,989 Americans. It ranked 24,531st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wickwire?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Wickwire identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as two or more races.
Is the surname Wickwire getting more or less common?
More common. 993 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,019 in 2010, up 2.6%.