How common is the surname Wilhoite?

1,378 people in the United States had the surname Wilhoite in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 224,053 Americans. It ranked 19,581st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Wilhoite?

Kathleen Wilhoite, American actress, singer and songwriter.

Where is the surname Wilhoite most common?

Wikidata records people named Wilhoite in the United States.

Is the surname Wilhoite getting more or less common?

More common. 1,301 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,378 in 2010, up 5.9%.

The surname Wilhoite

A surname, carried by 1,378 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W430

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wilhoite is more common than 87.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,378 people named Wilhoite in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 224,053 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,301.

#19,581

rank among US surnames

1,378

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+5.9%

change since 2000 (was #19,272)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,581	Maclaren	1,378	224,053
#19,590	Kaczynski	1,377	224,216

Who is named Wilhoite

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

84% of people named Wilhoite identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Two or more races 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wilhoites

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kathleen Wilhoite
American actress, singer and songwriter, born 1964

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wilhoite

Wilhoite 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 Wilhoite?: 1,378 people in the United States had the surname Wilhoite in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 224,053 Americans. It ranked 19,581st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wilhoite?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Wilhoite identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Wilhoite?: Kathleen Wilhoite, American actress, singer and songwriter.
Where is the surname Wilhoite most common?: Wikidata records people named Wilhoite in the United States.
Is the surname Wilhoite getting more or less common?: More common. 1,301 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,378 in 2010, up 5.9%.