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    The surname Wilmot

    A patronymic surname, carried by 4,910 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W453

    Wilmot: #6,854 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wilmot #6,854, 4,910 people Wilmot: #6,854 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wilmot #6,854, 4,910 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wilmot is more common than 95.8% of them.

    Origin

    From a medieval diminutive form of the given name William.

    Wilmot 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 4,910 people named Wilmot in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 62,881 Americans. That is up 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,661.

    #6,854
    rank among US surnames
    4,910
    people in 2010
    1.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.3%
    change since 2000 (was #6,681)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #6,845Bannon4,92162,740
    #6,846Bürg4,91962,766
    #6,847Kuehl4,91862,779
    #6,848Gurule4,91562,817
    #6,851Eckman4,91462,830
    #6,852Villalba4,91362,843
    #6,853Kyles4,91162,868

    Who is named Wilmot

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

    83% of people named Wilmot identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.2%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Wilmots

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Nathan Wilmot
      Australian yacht racer, born 1979
    • David Wilmot
      American politician (1814–1868)

    Notable Wilmots come mostly from Australia (1) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Wilmot

    Wilmot has the Soundex code W453, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W453.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Wilmot come from?
    From a medieval diminutive form of the given name William.
    How common is the surname Wilmot?
    4,910 people in the United States had the surname Wilmot in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,881 Americans. It ranked 6,854th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wilmot?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Wilmot identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Wilmot?
    Nathan Wilmot, Australian yacht racer, followed by David Wilmot.
    Where is the surname Wilmot most common?
    Wikidata records people named Wilmot in Australia and the United States.
    What type of surname is Wilmot?
    Wilmot is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Wilmot getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,661 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,910 in 2010, up 5.3%.
    What are other spellings of Wilmot?
    Wilmarth, Wilmeth, Wilmoth and Wilmott.