How common is the surname Wilbert?

3,222 people in the United States had the surname Wilbert in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,824 Americans. It ranked 10,006th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Wilbert getting more or less common?

More common. 2,850 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,222 in 2010, up 13%.

Is Wilbert also a first name?

Yes. Wilbert is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Wilbert

A surname, carried by 3,222 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W416 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wilbert is more common than 93.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,222 people named Wilbert in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 95,824 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,850.

#10,006

rank among US surnames

3,222

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+13.1%

change since 2000 (was #10,355)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,997	Sword	3,225	95,735
#9,998	Jaques	3,224	95,765
#10,001	Dubon	3,223	95,794
#10,006	Cortinas	3,222	95,824
#10,011	Frawley	3,221	95,854
#10,013	Eisele	3,220	95,884
#10,015	Ducote	3,219	95,913

Who is named Wilbert

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

67% of people named Wilbert identified as white (not Hispanic), 28% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 67%
Black (not Hispanic) 28%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wilbert

Wilbert has the Soundex code W416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W416.

Questions

How common is the surname Wilbert?: 3,222 people in the United States had the surname Wilbert in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,824 Americans. It ranked 10,006th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wilbert?: In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named Wilbert identified as white (not Hispanic), and 28% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Wilbert getting more or less common?: More common. 2,850 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,222 in 2010, up 13%.
Is Wilbert also a first name?: Yes. Wilbert is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.