How common is the surname Wiltse?

2,131 people in the United States had the surname Wiltse in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 144,883 Americans. It ranked 14,105th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wiltse?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Wiltse identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Wiltse getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,150 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,131 in 2010, down 0.9%.

The surname Wiltse

A Dutch surname, carried by 2,131 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex W432

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wiltse is more common than 91.3% of them.

Origin

Dutch origin

Borrowed from Dutch.

One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,131 people named Wiltse in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 144,883 Americans. That is down 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,150.

#14,105

rank among US surnames

2,131

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-0.9%

change since 2000 (was #13,064)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,096	Vanpatten	2,132	144,815
#14,105	Heeter	2,131	144,883
#14,111	Shankar	2,130	144,951
#14,113	Militello	2,129	145,019

Who is named Wiltse

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

94% of people named Wiltse identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Wiltsie

Surnames that sound like Wiltse

Wiltse has the Soundex code W432, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W432.

Other Dutch surnames

All 167 Dutch surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Wiltse come from?: Borrowed from Dutch.
How common is the surname Wiltse?: 2,131 people in the United States had the surname Wiltse in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 144,883 Americans. It ranked 14,105th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wiltse?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Wiltse identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Wiltse getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,150 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,131 in 2010, down 0.9%.
What are other spellings of Wiltse?: Wiltsie.