How common is the surname Wilburn?

14,928 people in the United States had the surname Wilburn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 20,682 Americans. It ranked 2,428th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Wilburn getting more or less common?

More common. 14,899 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,928 in 2010, up 0.2%.

Is Wilburn also a first name?

Yes. Wilburn 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 Wilburn

A surname, carried by 14,928 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). Wilburn is more common than 98.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 14,928 people named Wilburn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 20,682 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 14,899.

#2,428

rank among US surnames

14,928

people in 2010

5.1

per 100,000 Americans

+0.2%

change since 2000 (was #2,240)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,419	Meek	14,970	20,624
#2,420	Puente	14,966	20,630
#2,421	Bail	14,957	20,642
#2,422	Isaacs	14,951	20,650
#2,423	Brower	14,950	20,652
#2,424	Yazzie	14,949	20,653
#2,425	Strange	14,948	20,655

Who is named Wilburn

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

67% of people named Wilburn identified as white (not Hispanic), 27% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 67%
Black (not Hispanic) 27%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
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 Wilburn

Wilburn 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 Wilburn?: 14,928 people in the United States had the surname Wilburn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 20,682 Americans. It ranked 2,428th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wilburn?: In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named Wilburn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 27% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Wilburn getting more or less common?: More common. 14,899 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,928 in 2010, up 0.2%.
Is Wilburn also a first name?: Yes. Wilburn 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.