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    The surname Wilmore

    A surname, carried by 2,397 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W456

    Wilmore: #12,842 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wilmore #12,842, 2,397 people Wilmore: #12,842 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wilmore #12,842, 2,397 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wilmore is more common than 92.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,397 people named Wilmore in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 128,805 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,267.

    #12,842
    rank among US surnames
    2,397
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.7%
    change since 2000 (was #12,539)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,833Vinci2,400128,644
    #12,835Digirolamo2,399128,698
    #12,837Perreira2,398128,751
    #12,842Bridgers2,397128,805
    #12,850Camilo2,396128,859

    Who is named Wilmore

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

    53% of people named Wilmore identified as Black (not Hispanic), 40% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.7% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 53%
    • White (not Hispanic) 40%
    • Two or more races 3.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Wilmores

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Barry E. Wilmore
      American astronaut, born 1962
    • Larry Wilmore
      American comedian, born 1961
    • Marc Wilmore
      American television writer, producer, actor, and comedian (1963–2021)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wilmore

    Wilmore has the Soundex code W456, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W456.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Wilmore?
    2,397 people in the United States had the surname Wilmore in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 128,805 Americans. It ranked 12,842nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wilmore?
    In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Wilmore identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 40% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Wilmore?
    Barry E. Wilmore, American astronaut, followed by Larry Wilmore.
    Where is the surname Wilmore most common?
    Wikidata records people named Wilmore in the United States.
    Is the surname Wilmore getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,267 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,397 in 2010, up 5.7%.