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    The surname Wilken

    An English patronymic surname, carried by 3,366 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W425

    Wilken: #9,642 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wilken #9,642, 3,366 people Wilken: #9,642 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wilken #9,642, 3,366 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wilken is more common than 94.1% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Variant of Wilkin, from a Middle English pet form of William.

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

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,366 people named Wilken in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 91,725 Americans. That is up 6.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,164.

    #9,642
    rank among US surnames
    3,366
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.4%
    change since 2000 (was #9,425)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,633Partee3,36991,643
    #9,636Hornberger3,36891,670
    #9,638Xavier3,36791,698
    #9,642Wilken3,36691,725
    #9,643Azar3,36591,752
    #9,646Bash3,36491,779
    #9,648Rode3,36391,807

    Who is named Wilken

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

    95% of people named Wilken identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wilken

    Wilken has the Soundex code W425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W425.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Wilken come from?
    Variant of Wilkin, from a Middle English pet form of William.
    How common is the surname Wilken?
    3,366 people in the United States had the surname Wilken in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 91,725 Americans. It ranked 9,642nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wilken?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wilken identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Wilken?
    Wilken is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Wilken getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,164 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,366 in 2010, up 6.4%.