How common is the surname Wilbourn?

2,573 people in the United States had the surname Wilbourn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 119,994 Americans. It ranked 12,115th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Wilbourn getting more or less common?

More common. 2,349 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,573 in 2010, up 9.5%.

The surname Wilbourn

A surname, carried by 2,573 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W416

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

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,573 people named Wilbourn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 119,994 Americans. That is up 9.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,349.

#12,115

rank among US surnames

2,573

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+9.5%

change since 2000 (was #12,162)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,108	Maddock	2,574	119,948
#12,115	Shipe	2,573	119,994
#12,121	Topp	2,572	120,041
#12,124	Naber	2,571	120,088

Who is named Wilbourn

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

57% of people named Wilbourn identified as white (not Hispanic), 36% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 57%
Black (not Hispanic) 36%
Two or more races 2.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wilbourn

Wilbourn 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 Wilbourn?: 2,573 people in the United States had the surname Wilbourn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 119,994 Americans. It ranked 12,115th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wilbourn?: In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named Wilbourn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 36% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Wilbourn getting more or less common?: More common. 2,349 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,573 in 2010, up 9.5%.