How common is the surname Wilton?

3,141 people in the United States had the surname Wilton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,295 Americans. It ranked 10,260th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Wilton?

Spencer Wilton, British equestrian, followed by Michael Wilton.

Where is the surname Wilton most common?

Wikidata records people named Wilton in the United Kingdom, the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

How do you pronounce Wilton?

Wilton is /ˈwɪltən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Wilton getting more or less common?

More common. 3,029 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,141 in 2010, up 3.7%.

Is Wilton also a first name?

Yes. Wilton is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Wilton

An English place surname, carried by 3,141 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈwɪltən/ 2 syllables Soundex W435 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wilton is more common than 93.7% of them.

Origin

English origin

From either Old English welig (“willow”) or wella (“spring, stream”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Wilton is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,141 people named Wilton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 98,295 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,029.

#10,260

rank among US surnames

3,141

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+3.7%

change since 2000 (was #9,842)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,255	Fitzhugh	3,144	98,202
#10,257	Moffat	3,143	98,233
#10,258	Villagrana	3,142	98,264
#10,260	Schoch	3,141	98,295
#10,265	Milford	3,140	98,327
#10,268	Orman	3,139	98,358

Who is named Wilton

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

86% of people named Wilton identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wiltons

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Spencer Wilton
British equestrian, born 1973
Michael Wilton
American guitarist, born 1962
Effie Bancroft
British actress and manager (1840–1921)

Notable Wiltons come mostly from the United Kingdom (1), the United States (1) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wilton

Wilton has the Soundex code W435, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W435.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Wilton come from?: From either Old English welig (“willow”) or wella (“spring, stream”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
How common is the surname Wilton?: 3,141 people in the United States had the surname Wilton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,295 Americans. It ranked 10,260th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wilton?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Wilton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Wilton?: Spencer Wilton, British equestrian, followed by Michael Wilton.
Where is the surname Wilton most common?: Wikidata records people named Wilton in the United Kingdom, the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
How do you pronounce Wilton?: Wilton is /ˈwɪltən/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Wilton?: Wilton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Wilton getting more or less common?: More common. 3,029 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,141 in 2010, up 3.7%.
Is Wilton also a first name?: Yes. Wilton is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.