Explore the Family Name Wildfong

The meaning of Wildfong

Americanized form of German Wildfang: nickname from Middle High German wiltvanc ‘wildman, stranger’, denoting a person who was not a member of the community. Compare Wilfong and Wiltfong. Some characteristic forenames: German Orlo.

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How common is the last name Wildfong in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Wildfong has seen an increase between 2000 and 2010. In the year 2000, the surname was ranked 62,577th in terms of frequency with a count of 299, translating to a proportion of 0.11 per 100,000 people. By 2010, the surname had risen in rank to 56,836th with a count of 359, increasing its proportion to 0.12 per 100,000 people. This represents a positive change in both rank and count by 9.17% and 20.07% respectively over the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#62,577	#56,836	9.17%
Count	299	359	20.07%
Proportion per 100k	0.11	0.12	9.09%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Wildfong

The ethnicity breakdown of those bearing the Wildfong surname also saw some shifts between 2000 and 2010 according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. Predominantly, the majority identifying as White increased slightly from 93.31% in 2000 to 94.71% in 2010. Those identifying as having two or more ethnic identities decreased from 2.68% to 1.39% during the same period. The percentage identifying as Black dropped to zero by 2010, down from 2.01% in 2000. Interestingly, there was a new appearance of Hispanic identity reported at 1.39% in 2010. No individuals identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.31%	94.71%	1.5%
Two or More Races	2.68%	1.39%	-48.13%
Hispanic	0%	1.39%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	2.01%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%