Wilkerson is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Wilkerson
No. of characters: 9
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Wilkerson

How popular is Wilkerson?

Wilkerson is common in United States.

Wilkerson is ranked 9685 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Wilkerson bearers increased by 3.945929 per cent in 2010 US census to 48444 since 2000, the surname slipped by 49 spots and ranked at 719. The last name was found in around 164 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 64.68 66.92
Black 29.39 28.77
Others 2.59 1.82
Hispanic or Latino 2.27 1.51
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.61 0.61
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.45 0.37
Wilkerson is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in United States which signifies that it is originated from United States. Around 55696 people have been found who wears Wilkerson as their family name. Wilkerson is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
96,935 Spain10
1,005 Cayman Islands7
615,517 Russia6
1,346 Bermuda6
13,220 Thailand6
1,014,159 India4
10,542 China4
2,011 South Korea4
381,097 Ukraine4
4,915 Panama3
3,224 Afghanistan3
960 Saint Lucia2
5,817 Albania2
385 American Samoa2
723,167 Indonesia2
54,641 Sweden2
18,625 Japan2
24,766 Scotland2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
9,185 Hong Kong2
5,318 Iraq2
1,235 Belize2
1,118 Isle of Man2
124,220 Italy2
15,162 Costa Rica1
174,544 Czech Republic1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
5,467 Haiti1
17,575 Kuwait1
12,745 Luxembourg1
10,190 Bahrain1
118,015 Netherlands1
11,510 Oman1
37,493 Austria1
47,891 Norway1
28,746 Algeria1
7,941 Guatemala1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
838 Guam24
29,517 New Zealand12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
133,875 France61
3,517 Puerto Rico54
Countries with hundreds of Wilkerson:
18,908 Brazil684
22,254 Germany471
27,752 Philippines451
14,900 England387
1,368 Taiwan232
21,011 Mexico157
26,200 Canada131
39,125 South Africa128
23,095 Australia106
Countries with ten thousands of Wilkerson:
689 United States52,702
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Immigrant Sarah Wilkerson from Ireland aboard the Harmonia from Glasgow during the Irish famine. She is registered to be 18 years old when she arrived in New-York on June 16, 1849. Elijah Wilkerson, aged 20, 33 years old John Wilkerson, James Wilkerson, aged 24, Sarah Wilkerson, aged 24, Edwin Wilkerson (22) , are other Wilkerson that migrated to US from Glasgow, Dublin and London.

Wilkerson Namesakes

  • Doxey Alphonso Wilkerson, Author
  • Jerry Wilkerson, Artist
  • Artishia Wilkerson Jordan, Author
  • Braydon Hart Wilkerson, Mark Wilkerson's son
  • Mark Wilkerson, Singer
  • Donn Wilkerson, Film Score Composer
  • Arnold Wilkerson, Actor
  • Isabel Wilkerson, Journalist
  • Isaiah Wilkerson, Basketball Player
  • Isaiah Wilkerson, Basketball Player

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