How common is the surname Wilker?

1,462 people in the United States had the surname Wilker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 211,180 Americans. It ranked 18,757th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Wilker?

José Wilker, Brazilian actor (1944–2014).

Where is the surname Wilker most common?

Wikidata records people named Wilker in Brazil.

Is the surname Wilker getting more or less common?

More common. 1,427 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,462 in 2010, up 2.5%.

The surname Wilker

A surname, carried by 1,462 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W426

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wilker is more common than 88.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,462 people named Wilker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 211,180 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,427.

#18,757

rank among US surnames

1,462

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2.5%

change since 2000 (was #18,025)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,751	Jansson	1,463	211,036
#18,757	Wilker	1,462	211,180
#18,766	Graddy	1,461	211,325

Who is named Wilker

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

91% of people named Wilker identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.1%
Two or more races 1.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wilkers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

José Wilker
Brazilian actor (1944–2014)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wilker

Wilker has the Soundex code W426, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W426.

Questions

How common is the surname Wilker?: 1,462 people in the United States had the surname Wilker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 211,180 Americans. It ranked 18,757th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wilker?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Wilker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Wilker?: José Wilker, Brazilian actor (1944–2014).
Where is the surname Wilker most common?: Wikidata records people named Wilker in Brazil.
Is the surname Wilker getting more or less common?: More common. 1,427 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,462 in 2010, up 2.5%.