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    The surname Wilgus

    A surname, carried by 1,278 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W422

    Wilgus: #20,697 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wilgus #20,697, 1,278 people Wilgus: #20,697 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wilgus #20,697, 1,278 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wilgus is more common than 87.2% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,278 people named Wilgus in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 241,585 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,235.

    #20,697
    rank among US surnames
    1,278
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.5%
    change since 2000 (was #20,087)

    Who is named Wilgus

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

    96% of people named Wilgus identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    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 Wilgus

    Wilgus has the Soundex code W422, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W422.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Wilgus?
    1,278 people in the United States had the surname Wilgus in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 241,585 Americans. It ranked 20,697th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wilgus?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wilgus identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Wilgus getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,235 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,278 in 2010, up 3.5%.