How rare is the last name Wilks?

8,757 people in the United States have the last name Wilks, about 1 in 34,132. It ranks #3,936 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

WILKS

#3,936

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,757
About
1 in 34,132
This common or more
55.7%
Who bears it

Of the 8,757 people with the last name Wilks, 60.7% reported their origin as White, 31.5% as Black and 3.9% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Wilks

#3,934 Ismail · 8,759#3,935 Duque · 8,758#3,937 Hulsey · 8,752#3,938 Ruby · 8,747

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,277 Wills · 26,978#2,778 Wiles · 12,632#4,693 Wilke · 7,330#6,358 Wilk · 5,145#43,119 Wilis · 540#98,131 Wils · 198#156,005 Wilka · 99

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