# Wilder (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 31,018 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,131 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 9,954 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.3% (30,023 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Wilder 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) | 68% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 26% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Wilder in the United States, Cisleithania and Australia.

## People named Wilder

- Billy Wilder, Austrian and American filmmaker (1906–2002)
- Thornton Wilder, American playwright and novelist (1897–1975)
- Laura Ingalls Wilder, American children's writer, diarist, and journalist (1867-1957)
- Deontay Wilder, American boxer
- Rose Wilder Lane, American journalist (1886–1968)
- Douglas Wilder, American politician
- Matthew Wilder, American musician
- W. Lee Wilder, American film director (1904–1982)
- Christopher Wilder, Australian serial killer (1945–1984)
- Michael Wilder, American chess grandmaster
- Joe Wilder, American trumpeter (1922-2014)
- James Wilder, American actor

and 2 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Walder, Wildermuth, Walters, Walter, Waldron, Waldrop, Wooldridge, Walther, Welter, Wolter, Wolters, Waldrep.

## 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.