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    The surname Wilkening

    A surname, carried by 1,284 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex W425

    Wilkening: #20,627 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wilkening #20,627, 1,284 people Wilkening: #20,627 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wilkening #20,627, 1,284 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wilkening is more common than 87.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,284 people named Wilkening in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 240,456 Americans. That is down 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,299.

    #20,627
    rank among US surnames
    1,284
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.2%
    change since 2000 (was #19,302)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,627Siple1,284240,456
    #20,636Lowenthal1,283240,643

    Who is named Wilkening

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

    95% of people named Wilkening identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • 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 Wilkening

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Wilkening?
    1,284 people in the United States had the surname Wilkening in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 240,456 Americans. It ranked 20,627th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wilkening?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wilkening identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Wilkening getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,299 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,284 in 2010, down 1.2%.