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    The surname Wiltshire

    An English place surname, carried by 2,899 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈwɪlt.ʃə(ɹ)/ 2 syllables Soundex W432

    Wiltshire: #10,974 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wiltshire #10,974, 2,899 people Wiltshire: #10,974 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wiltshire #10,974, 2,899 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wiltshire is more common than 93.2% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Middle English Wilteschire, from Old English Wiltūnsċīr (Wiltescire 1086 Domesday Book), named after the town of Wilton in the county (Old English Wiltūn).

    Wiltshire 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 2,899 people named Wiltshire in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 106,501 Americans. That is up 8.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,670.

    #10,974
    rank among US surnames
    2,899
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.6%
    change since 2000 (was #10,937)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,968Diener2,900106,464
    #10,974Rabb2,899106,501
    #10,977Branstetter2,898106,537
    #10,979Lucier2,897106,574
    #10,983Mirabal2,896106,611

    Who is named Wiltshire

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

    65% of people named Wiltshire identified as white (not Hispanic), 29% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 65%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 29%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Wiltshires

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Stephen Wiltshire
      Architectural artist, born 1974

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Willshaw

    Surnames that sound like Wiltshire

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

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Wiltshire come from?
    From Middle English Wilteschire, from Old English Wiltūnsċīr (Wiltescire 1086 Domesday Book), named after the town of Wilton in the county (Old English Wiltūn).
    How common is the surname Wiltshire?
    2,899 people in the United States had the surname Wiltshire in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 106,501 Americans. It ranked 10,974th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wiltshire?
    In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Wiltshire identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Wiltshire?
    Stephen Wiltshire, Architectural artist.
    Where is the surname Wiltshire most common?
    Wikidata records people named Wiltshire in the United Kingdom.
    How do you pronounce Wiltshire?
    Wiltshire is /ˈwɪlt.ʃə(ɹ)/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Wiltshire?
    Wiltshire is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Wiltshire getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,670 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,899 in 2010, up 8.6%.
    What are other spellings of Wiltshire?
    Willshaw.