How common is the surname Wilk?

5,763 people in the United States had the surname Wilk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 53,574 Americans. It ranked 5,971st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wilk?

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

Where is the surname Wilk most common?

Wikidata records people named Wilk in the United States.

Is the surname Wilk getting more or less common?

More common. 5,662 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,763 in 2010, up 1.8%.

What are other spellings of Wilk?

Wilke, Wilkie, Wilkey, Wilks and Wilkes.

The surname Wilk

A Polish patronymic surname, carried by 5,763 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex W420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wilk is more common than 96.3% of them.

Origin

Polish origin

* (Polish surname): From Polish Wilk, from Polish wilk (“wolf”), * (English surname): A back-formation from Wilkin, from a medieval diminutive of the given name Will.

Wilk is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 304 Polish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,763 people named Wilk in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 53,574 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,662.

#5,971

rank among US surnames

5,763

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+1.8%

change since 2000 (was #5,622)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,967	Olmedo	5,768	53,527
#5,968	Balderrama	5,766	53,546
#5,970	Iqbal	5,764	53,564
#5,971	Wilk	5,763	53,574

Who is named Wilk

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

96% of people named Wilk identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wilks

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Brad Wilk
American drummer, born 1968

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Wilk

Wilk has the Soundex code W420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W420.

Other Polish surnames

All 304 Polish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Wilk come from?: * (Polish surname): From Polish Wilk, from Polish wilk (“wolf”), * (English surname): A back-formation from Wilkin, from a medieval diminutive of the given name Will.
How common is the surname Wilk?: 5,763 people in the United States had the surname Wilk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 53,574 Americans. It ranked 5,971st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wilk?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wilk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Wilk?: Brad Wilk, American drummer.
Where is the surname Wilk most common?: Wikidata records people named Wilk in the United States.
What type of surname is Wilk?: Wilk is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Wilk getting more or less common?: More common. 5,662 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,763 in 2010, up 1.8%.
What are other spellings of Wilk?: Wilke, Wilkie, Wilkey, Wilks and Wilkes.