How common is the surname Wilkie?

7,116 people in the United States had the surname Wilkie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,388 Americans. It ranked 4,947th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wilkie?

In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Wilkie identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Who is the most famous person named Wilkie?

Robert Wilkie, 10th United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Where is the surname Wilkie most common?

Wikidata records people named Wilkie in the United States.

Is the surname Wilkie getting more or less common?

More common. 6,927 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,116 in 2010, up 2.7%.

What are other spellings of Wilkie?

Wilk, Wilke, Wilkey, Wilks and Wilkes.

Is Wilkie also a first name?

Yes. Wilkie is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Wilkie

A patronymic surname, carried by 7,116 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wilkie is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

From a Scottish diminutive of Wilk, a back-formation from Wilkin.

Wilkie 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 7,116 people named Wilkie in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 43,388 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,927.

#4,947

rank among US surnames

7,116

people in 2010

2.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2.7%

change since 2000 (was #4,680)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,938	Moll	7,131	43,296
#4,939	Roddy	7,127	43,321
#4,940	Nation	7,125	43,333
#4,941	Rigsby	7,124	43,339
#4,942	Gooding	7,123	43,345
#4,944	Vandenberg	7,121	43,357
#4,945	Hogg	7,119	43,369

Who is named Wilkie

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

85% of people named Wilkie identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 4.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 85%
American Indian and Alaska Native 4.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 2.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wilkies

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robert Wilkie
10th United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs, born 1962

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Wilkie

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

Questions

Where does the surname Wilkie come from?: From a Scottish diminutive of Wilk, a back-formation from Wilkin.
How common is the surname Wilkie?: 7,116 people in the United States had the surname Wilkie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,388 Americans. It ranked 4,947th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wilkie?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Wilkie identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Who is the most famous person named Wilkie?: Robert Wilkie, 10th United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Where is the surname Wilkie most common?: Wikidata records people named Wilkie in the United States.
What type of surname is Wilkie?: Wilkie is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Wilkie getting more or less common?: More common. 6,927 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,116 in 2010, up 2.7%.
What are other spellings of Wilkie?: Wilk, Wilke, Wilkey, Wilks and Wilkes.
Is Wilkie also a first name?: Yes. Wilkie is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.