How common is the surname Wilkison?

1,014 people in the United States had the surname Wilkison in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 304,483 Americans. It ranked 24,629th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Wilkison?

Tim Wilkison, American tennis player.

Where is the surname Wilkison most common?

Wikidata records people named Wilkison in the United States.

Is the surname Wilkison getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,015 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,014 in 2010, down 0.1%.

The surname Wilkison

A surname, carried by 1,014 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex W422

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wilkison is more common than 84.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,014 people named Wilkison in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 304,483 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,015.

#24,629

rank among US surnames

1,014

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-0.1%

change since 2000 (was #23,372)

Who is named Wilkison

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

91% of people named Wilkison identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wilkisons

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tim Wilkison
American tennis player, born 1959

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wilkison

Wilkison has the Soundex code W422, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W422.

Questions

How common is the surname Wilkison?: 1,014 people in the United States had the surname Wilkison in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 304,483 Americans. It ranked 24,629th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wilkison?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Wilkison identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Wilkison?: Tim Wilkison, American tennis player.
Where is the surname Wilkison most common?: Wikidata records people named Wilkison in the United States.
Is the surname Wilkison getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,015 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,014 in 2010, down 0.1%.