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    The surname Wilkerson

    A patronymic surname, carried by 48,444 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex W426

    Wilkerson: #719 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Wilkerson #719, 48,444 people Wilkerson: #719 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wilkerson #719, 48,444 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wilkerson is more common than 99.6% of them.

    Origin

    From Wilkin + -son.

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

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 48,444 people named Wilkerson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 6,373 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 46,605.

    #719
    rank among US surnames
    48,444
    people in 2010
    16
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.9%
    change since 2000 (was #670)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #710Hutchinson48,7816,329
    #711Kaur48,7536,333
    #712Berg48,7466,334
    #713Wiley48,7206,337
    #714Gilmore48,7196,337
    #715Russo48,6966,340
    #716Villegas48,5996,353

    Who is named Wilkerson

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

    65% of people named Wilkerson identified as white (not Hispanic), 29% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 65%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 29%
    • Two or more races 2.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Wilkersons

    6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • David Wilkerson
      American pentecostal evangelist (1931–2011)
    • Isabel Wilkerson
      American journalist, born 1961
    • Brad Wilkerson
      American baseball player, Olympic gold medalist, born 1977
    • Gerald Eugene Wilkerson
      American bishop, born 1939
    • Muhammad Wilkerson
      American football player, defensive lineman, born 1989
    • Viola Wills
      American singer (1939–2009)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wilkerson

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Wilkerson come from?
    From Wilkin + -son.
    How common is the surname Wilkerson?
    48,444 people in the United States had the surname Wilkerson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,373 Americans. It ranked 719th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wilkerson?
    In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Wilkerson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Wilkerson?
    David Wilkerson, American pentecostal evangelist (1931–2011), followed by Isabel Wilkerson.
    Where is the surname Wilkerson most common?
    Wikidata records people named Wilkerson in the United States.
    What type of surname is Wilkerson?
    Wilkerson is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Wilkerson getting more or less common?
    More common. 46,605 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 48,444 in 2010, up 3.9%.