How common is the surname Wilcoxson?

2,302 people in the United States had the surname Wilcoxson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 134,121 Americans. It ranked 13,259th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Wilcoxson getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,304 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,302 in 2010, down 0.1%.

The surname Wilcoxson

A surname, carried by 2,302 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex W422

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wilcoxson is more common than 91.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,302 people named Wilcoxson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 134,121 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,304.

#13,259

rank among US surnames

2,302

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

-0.1%

change since 2000 (was #12,367)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,251	Amey	2,304	134,004
#13,255	Blackledge	2,303	134,062
#13,259	Hershman	2,302	134,121
#13,263	Franko	2,301	134,179
#13,264	Paull	2,300	134,237
#13,267	Norby	2,299	134,296

Who is named Wilcoxson

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

75% of people named Wilcoxson identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 75%
Black (not Hispanic) 19%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wilcoxson

Wilcoxson 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 Wilcoxson?: 2,302 people in the United States had the surname Wilcoxson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 134,121 Americans. It ranked 13,259th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wilcoxson?: In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Wilcoxson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Wilcoxson getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,304 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,302 in 2010, down 0.1%.