How common is the surname Wildermuth?

1,651 people in the United States had the surname Wildermuth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 187,005 Americans. It ranked 17,159th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wildermuth?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wildermuth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Wildermuth getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,654 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,651 in 2010, down 0.2%.

The surname Wildermuth

A surname, carried by 1,651 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex W436

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wildermuth is more common than 89.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,651 people named Wildermuth in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 187,005 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,654.

#17,159

rank among US surnames

1,651

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-0.2%

change since 2000 (was #16,092)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,151	Endo	1,652	186,892
#17,159	Yard	1,651	187,005

Who is named Wildermuth

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

96% of people named Wildermuth identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wildermuth

Wilder

Wildermuth has the Soundex code W436, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W436.

Questions

How common is the surname Wildermuth?: 1,651 people in the United States had the surname Wildermuth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 187,005 Americans. It ranked 17,159th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wildermuth?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wildermuth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Wildermuth getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,654 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,651 in 2010, down 0.2%.