How common is the last name Wilhelm?

19,198 people in the United States have the last name Wilhelm, about 1 in 15,569. It ranks #1,832 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

WILHELM

#1,832

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
19,198
About
1 in 15,569
This common or more
46.8%
Who bears it

Of the 19,198 people with the last name Wilhelm, 92.2% reported their origin as White, 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 2.9% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Wilhelm

#1,830 Olivas · 19,217#1,831 Hannah · 19,206#1,833 Oliva · 19,181#1,834 Hightower · 19,177

Spelled almost the same

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

#21,880 Wilhelmi · 1,212#45,922 Wilhelms · 501#52,367 Willhelm · 428#54,177 Wilhelmy · 411

Also a first name

As a first name, Wilhelm ranks #8,102 of 53,615, with 1,811 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2014, with 38 births. See Wilhelm as a first name

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