How common is the surname Wilmoth?

5,205 people in the United States had the surname Wilmoth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,317 Americans. It ranked 6,516th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wilmoth?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Wilmoth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Wilmoth getting more or less common?

More common. 5,119 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,205 in 2010, up 1.7%.

The surname Wilmoth

A surname, carried by 5,205 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W453

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wilmoth is more common than 96% of them.

Origin

Variant of Wilmot.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,205 people named Wilmoth in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 59,317 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,119.

#6,516

rank among US surnames

5,205

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+1.7%

change since 2000 (was #6,162)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,511	Melgoza	5,211	59,249
#6,513	Allgood	5,210	59,260
#6,514	Raab	5,208	59,283
#6,516	Wilmoth	5,205	59,317

Who is named Wilmoth

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

93% of people named Wilmoth identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wilmoth

Wilmot

Wilmoth 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 Wilmoth come from?: Variant of Wilmot.
How common is the surname Wilmoth?: 5,205 people in the United States had the surname Wilmoth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,317 Americans. It ranked 6,516th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wilmoth?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Wilmoth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Wilmoth getting more or less common?: More common. 5,119 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,205 in 2010, up 1.7%.