# Wild (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/wild/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Middle English originally referring to a wild person, or for someone living in uncultivated land.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,217 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,324 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 37,574 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.6% (8,091 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Wild in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Wild in the United States, the United Kingdom, Brazil, the Kingdom of Great Britain, Australia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Wild

- Vic Wild, American-born Russian snowboarder
- Jack Wild, British actor (1952–2006)
- Frank Wild, British Antarctica explorer (1873-1939)
- Thiago Seyboth Wild, Brazilian tennis player (born 2000)
- Jonathan Wild, 18th century English criminal
- Earl Wild, American musician (1915–2010)
- Susan Wild, American politician and attorney (born 1957)
- John Paul Wild, Australian radiophysicist (1923-2008)
- Linda Wild, American tennis player
- Ernest Wild, British explorer (1879–1918)

## Similar surnames

Wilde, Wilt, Wold, Wald, Willet, Weld, Willett, Wilhite, Welty, Waldo, Willette, Willhite.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.