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    The surname Wilding

    A surname, carried by 2,147 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W435

    Wilding: #14,030 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wilding #14,030, 2,147 people Wilding: #14,030 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wilding #14,030, 2,147 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wilding is more common than 91.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,147 people named Wilding in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 143,803 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,922.

    #14,030
    rank among US surnames
    2,147
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.7%
    change since 2000 (was #14,292)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,025Blackmer2,148143,736
    #14,030Dziedzic2,147143,803
    #14,038Sang2,146143,870

    Who is named Wilding

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

    94% of people named Wilding identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wilding

    Wilding has the Soundex code W435, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W435.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Wilding?
    2,147 people in the United States had the surname Wilding in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 143,803 Americans. It ranked 14,030th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wilding?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Wilding identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Wilding getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,922 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,147 in 2010, up 12%.