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    The surname Wilcoxen

    A surname, carried by 1,270 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex W422

    Wilcoxen: #20,792 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wilcoxen #20,792, 1,270 people Wilcoxen: #20,792 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wilcoxen #20,792, 1,270 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wilcoxen is more common than 87.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,270 people named Wilcoxen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 243,107 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,235.

    #20,792
    rank among US surnames
    1,270
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.8%
    change since 2000 (was #20,087)

    Who is named Wilcoxen

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

    92% of people named Wilcoxen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wilcoxen

    Wilcoxen has the Soundex code W422, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W422.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Wilcoxen?
    1,270 people in the United States had the surname Wilcoxen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 243,107 Americans. It ranked 20,792nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wilcoxen?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Wilcoxen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Wilcoxen getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,235 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,270 in 2010, up 2.8%.