How Many People Have the Last Name Wilson?
people had the surname Wilson in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 368 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+18,831 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Wilson (67.4%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 26%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Wilson ranks #7. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 69.7% to 67.4%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Wilson grew from 783,051 people in 2000 to 801,882 in 2010 (up 2.4%), and its rank fell from #10 to #14. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 290.27 to 271.84 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 783,051 | 801,882 |
| Rank | #10 | #14 |
| Per 100,000 people | 290.27 | 271.84 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Wilson
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Wilson: W425
👤 Wilson as a First Name
Wilson is a first name too: about 27,293 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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