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    The surname Wilhoit

    A surname, carried by 2,293 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W430

    Wilhoit: #13,300 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wilhoit #13,300, 2,293 people Wilhoit: #13,300 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wilhoit #13,300, 2,293 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wilhoit is more common than 91.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,293 people named Wilhoit in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 134,647 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,235.

    #13,300
    rank among US surnames
    2,293
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.6%
    change since 2000 (was #12,692)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,291Rolling2,295134,530
    #13,297Pruneda2,294134,588
    #13,300Golla2,293134,647
    #13,306Kennell2,292134,706

    Who is named Wilhoit

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

    95% of people named Wilhoit identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • 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 Wilhoit

    Wilhoit 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 Wilhoit?
    2,293 people in the United States had the surname Wilhoit in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 134,647 Americans. It ranked 13,300th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wilhoit?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wilhoit identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Wilhoit getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,235 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,293 in 2010, up 2.6%.