How common is the surname Wimberly?

8,729 people in the United States had the surname Wimberly in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,370 Americans. It ranked 4,070th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Wimberly getting more or less common?

More common. 8,406 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,729 in 2010, up 3.8%.

Is Wimberly also a first name?

Yes. Wimberly 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 Wimberly

A surname, carried by 8,729 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex W516

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wimberly is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

Variant of Wimberley.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,729 people named Wimberly in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 35,370 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,406.

#4,070

rank among US surnames

8,729

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

+3.8%

change since 2000 (was #3,883)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,065	Belt	8,737	35,338
#4,068	Goforth	8,735	35,346
#4,069	Mazur	8,733	35,354
#4,070	Durand	8,729	35,370

Who is named Wimberly

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

49% of people named Wimberly identified as white (not Hispanic), 45% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 49%
Black (not Hispanic) 45%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wimberly

Wimberley

Wimberly has the Soundex code W516, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W516.

Questions

Where does the surname Wimberly come from?: Variant of Wimberley.
How common is the surname Wimberly?: 8,729 people in the United States had the surname Wimberly in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,370 Americans. It ranked 4,070th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wimberly?: In the 2010 Census, 49% of people named Wimberly identified as white (not Hispanic), and 45% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Wimberly getting more or less common?: More common. 8,406 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,729 in 2010, up 3.8%.
Is Wimberly also a first name?: Yes. Wimberly 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.