Last Name WILKES

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Meaning The son of Williams, from nickname Will and diminutive Wil-kin; a corruption of Wilkins through Wilkiss or Wilkins.
Origin English, Jewish, Falkland

Rank 1,856 (2000 US census) 1,687 (1990 US census)
Count 17,797 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 71.2%, or 12671 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 25.04%, or 4456 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.31%, or 55 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.61%, or 109 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.53%, or 272 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.3%, or 231 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Longest baby names

 The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte

Census 2000: how many distinct surnames are there?

 Even after applying various edits and acceptance criteria to the names, there are a sizable number of unique names in the population. Over 6 million last names were identified. Many of these names were either unique (occurred once)...

Russian middle names

 As with many things that are 'Russian,' neither child nor his parents has much choice in picking the name. It is purely patronymic and generally predefined at the time when the child is born or even rather conceived. The name is derived from the child's father's first...

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