# Wilkinson (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/wilkinson/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

An English surname originating as a patronymic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 53,739 |
| US rank (2010) | 634 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 5,745 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.4% (52,483 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈwɪlkɪnsən/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Wilkenson |

## Etymology

From Wilkin + -son.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Wilkinson in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Wilkinson in the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, North Macedonia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Wilkinson

- Kendra Wilkinson, American television personality (born 1985/1986)
- Alex Wilkinson, Australian association football player
- Adrienne Wilkinson, American actress
- James Wilkinson, American soldier and statesman (1757–1825)
- David Todd Wilkinson, American cosmologist (1935–2002)
- Richard G. Wilkinson, British academic
- Mike Wilkinson, American basketball player
- Amie Wilkinson, American mathematician
- Richard H. Wilkinson, American egyptologist
- Richard James Wilkinson, British colonial governor (1867-1941)
- Morton S. Wilkinson, American politician (1819-1894)
- Christopher Wilkinson, American filmmaker

and 7 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Wilson, Wilkins, Willson, Wilkens, Wilken, Willison, Wilkin, Wilkening, Welcome, Wolken, Wilczynski, Wohlgemuth.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.