How rare is the last name Wilbur?

8,766 people in the United States have the last name Wilbur, about 1 in 34,097. It ranks #3,929 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

last name

WILBUR

#3,929

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,766
About
1 in 34,097
This common or more
55.7%
Who bears it

Of the 8,766 people with the last name Wilbur, 88% reported their origin as White, 3.9% as two or more races and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Wilbur

1 other last name also has 8,766 people.

#3,929 Whitson · 8,766

Either side of Wilbur

#3,928 Blocker · 8,771#3,929 Whitson · 8,766#3,931 Vaught · 8,765#3,932 Mayhew · 8,761

Spelled almost the same

4 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Wilbur, most common first.

#2,514 Wilburn · 13,969#5,983 Wilber · 5,539#104,723 Willbur · 182#150,935 Wilbar · 108

Also a first name

As a first name, Wilbur ranks #2,024 of 53,615, with 13,535 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1918, with 1,809 births. See Wilbur as a first name

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