How common is the surname Wilt?

8,165 people in the United States had the surname Wilt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,813 Americans. It ranked 4,348th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wilt?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wilt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Wilt?

Marie Wilt, Austrian operatic soprano (1833–1891).

Where is the surname Wilt most common?

Wikidata records people named Wilt in the Austrian Empire.

Is the surname Wilt getting more or less common?

More common. 7,981 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,165 in 2010, up 2.3%.

The surname Wilt

A surname, carried by 8,165 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex W430

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wilt is more common than 97.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,165 people named Wilt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 37,813 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,981.

#4,348

rank among US surnames

8,165

people in 2010

2.8

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #4,109)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,339	McCaffrey	8,181	37,739
#4,340	Dupuis	8,179	37,749
#4,341	Valenti	8,174	37,772
#4,343	Bradbury	8,172	37,781
#4,344	Seiler	8,170	37,790
#4,345	Menchaca	8,169	37,795
#4,346	Caudle	8,167	37,804

Who is named Wilt

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

96% of people named Wilt identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wilts

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Marie Wilt
Austrian operatic soprano (1833–1891)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wilt

Wilt has the Soundex code W430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W430.

Questions

How common is the surname Wilt?: 8,165 people in the United States had the surname Wilt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,813 Americans. It ranked 4,348th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wilt?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wilt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Wilt?: Marie Wilt, Austrian operatic soprano (1833–1891).
Where is the surname Wilt most common?: Wikidata records people named Wilt in the Austrian Empire.
Is the surname Wilt getting more or less common?: More common. 7,981 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,165 in 2010, up 2.3%.