How common is the surname Wike?

2,153 people in the United States had the surname Wike in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 143,402 Americans. It ranked 13,997th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Wike getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,222 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,153 in 2010, down 3.1%.

The surname Wike

A surname, carried by 2,153 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex W200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wike is more common than 91.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,153 people named Wike in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 143,402 Americans. That is down 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,222.

#13,997

rank among US surnames

2,153

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-3.1%

change since 2000 (was #12,749)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,991	Arellanes	2,154	143,336
#13,997	Heimann	2,153	143,402
#14,004	Schmalz	2,151	143,536
#14,006	Dingess	2,150	143,603

Who is named Wike

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

93% of people named Wike identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.5%
Two or more races 1.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wike

Wike has the Soundex code W200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W200.

Questions

How common is the surname Wike?: 2,153 people in the United States had the surname Wike in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 143,402 Americans. It ranked 13,997th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wike?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Wike identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Wike getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,222 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,153 in 2010, down 3.1%.