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    The surname Willcox

    A surname, carried by 2,106 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W422

    Willcox: #14,238 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Willcox #14,238, 2,106 people Willcox: #14,238 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Willcox #14,238, 2,106 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Willcox is more common than 91.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,106 people named Willcox in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 146,603 Americans. That is up 6.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,977.

    #14,238
    rank among US surnames
    2,106
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.5%
    change since 2000 (was #14,000)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,233Gully2,107146,533
    #14,238Hassinger2,106146,603
    #14,247Mikhail2,105146,672

    Who is named Willcox

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

    91% of people named Willcox identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Willcoxs

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Peter Willcox
      American environmentalist, born 1953

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Willcox

    Willcox 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 Willcox?
    2,106 people in the United States had the surname Willcox in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 146,603 Americans. It ranked 14,238th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Willcox?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Willcox identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Willcox?
    Peter Willcox, American environmentalist.
    Where is the surname Willcox most common?
    Wikidata records people named Willcox in the United States.
    Is the surname Willcox getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,977 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,106 in 2010, up 6.5%.