How common is the surname Wilde?

10,766 people in the United States had the surname Wilde in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,678 Americans. It ranked 3,332nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wilde?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wilde identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Wilde?

Gabriella Wilde, British actress, followed by Ted Wilde.

Where is the surname Wilde most common?

Wikidata records people named Wilde in the United Kingdom, the United States and Argentina and 2 other countries.

How do you pronounce Wilde?

Wilde is /ˈwaɪld/, one syllable.

Is the surname Wilde getting more or less common?

More common. 10,210 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,766 in 2010, up 5.4%.

The surname Wilde

A surname, carried by 10,766 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈwaɪld/ 1 syllable Soundex W430

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wilde is more common than 97.9% of them.

Origin

A surname from Middle English.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,766 people named Wilde in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 28,678 Americans. That is up 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,210.

#3,332

rank among US surnames

10,766

people in 2010

3.6

per 100,000 Americans

+5.4%

change since 2000 (was #3,210)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,323	Laney	10,796	28,598
#3,324	Custer	10,790	28,614
#3,326	Wolford	10,789	28,617
#3,328	Danner	10,786	28,625
#3,329	Gatlin	10,785	28,627
#3,330	Dunning	10,784	28,630
#3,331	Salcido	10,776	28,651

Who is named Wilde

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

95% of people named Wilde identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wildes

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gabriella Wilde
British actress, born 1989
Ted Wilde
American film director, screenwriter (1889-1929)
Federico Wilde
Argentine footballer, 1909–2000
Sophie Wilde
Australian actress, born 1997
Abby Wilde
American actress, born 1989
Brian Wilde
British actor (1927-2008)
Eduardo Wilde
Argentine politician (1844-1913)

Notable Wildes come mostly from the United Kingdom (2), the United States (2) and Argentina (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wilde

Wilde has the Soundex code W430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W430.

Questions

How common is the surname Wilde?: 10,766 people in the United States had the surname Wilde in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,678 Americans. It ranked 3,332nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wilde?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wilde identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Wilde?: Gabriella Wilde, British actress, followed by Ted Wilde.
Where is the surname Wilde most common?: Wikidata records people named Wilde in the United Kingdom, the United States and Argentina and 2 other countries.
How do you pronounce Wilde?: Wilde is /ˈwaɪld/, one syllable.
Is the surname Wilde getting more or less common?: More common. 10,210 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,766 in 2010, up 5.4%.