WILSON is ranked as the 10th most popular family name in the United States with an
estimated population of 878,371.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the last names are more popular.
There are 275.47 people named WILSON for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a last name, 99% of the time.
Based on US Census Bureau data the estimated population of people named WILSON is
924,737, the rank is 10
and the proportion per 100k Americans named WILSON is 290.27.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
WILSON is
69.7% White,
1.7% Hispanic origin,
25.3% Black,
0.5% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.7% Two or More Races,
and 1.0% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name WILSON have a higher likelyhood of being Black and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name WILSON is included in the following name categories:
Not Categorized
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name WILSON
The state with the most people named
WILSON is
California where
79,882 people have this name.
Kentucky is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named WILSON, as
482.74 in every 100,000
Kentuckians
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Florida.
Kentucky is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
North Dakota
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name WILSON
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
28,909
224.44
100.0%
Indiana
23,771
360.34
100.0%
Iowa
8,592
276.54
100.0%
Kansas
10,323
355.49
100.0%
Michigan
26,924
271.69
100.0%
Minnesota
7,802
142.96
100.0%
Missouri
13,621
454.93
100.0%
Nebraska
3,981
211.61
100.0%
North Dakota
716
96.78
99.7%
Ohio
35,926
309.87
100.0%
South Dakota
1,318
154.43
99.9%
Wisconsin
8,336
144.79
100.0%
West States
State stats for the first name WILSON
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
2,087
283.21
100.0%
Arizona
16,058
238.56
100.0%
California
79,882
205.87
100.0%
Colorado
14,425
269.33
100.0%
Hawaii
2,390
168.37
99.9%
Idaho
5,247
321.01
100.0%
Montana
2,683
262.1
100.0%
Nevada
6,805
239.69
100.0%
New Mexico
4,639
222.44
99.9%
Oregon
12,311
310.08
100.0%
Utah
8,166
277.47
100.0%
Washington
20,394
288.81
100.0%
Wyoming
1,716
293.72
100.0%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name WILSON
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Connecticut
8,634
240.07
100.0%
Maine
2,822
212.14
99.9%
Massachusetts
14,401
213.49
100.0%
New Hampshire
2,682
202.11
100.0%
New Jersey
19,775
221.24
100.0%
New York
32,691
165.56
100.0%
Pennsylvania
27,459
214.74
100.0%
Rhode Island
1,896
179.67
99.9%
Vermont
1,011
161.41
99.9%
South States
State stats for the first name WILSON
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have WILSON as a last name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named WILSON.
The most popular full name is James WILSON.
1.99% of all the people named WILSON
have this given name.
There are 12546 first
names associated with this last name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name WILSON