Explore the Family Name Wildt

The meaning of Wildt

German: variant of Wild.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Wildt has seen slight shifts in its popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 27,150th most common surname, and by 2010, it had moved slightly to the 27,411th position, a decrease of approximately 0.96%. Despite this minimal drop in rank, the actual count of individuals with the Wildt surname increased over that decade, from 838 in 2000 to 880 in 2010, a growth of about 5.01%. However, when one looks at the proportion of people with the Wildt surname per 100,000 residents, a slight decline of 3.23% can be observed over the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#27,150	#27,411	-0.96%
Count	838	880	5.01%
Proportion per 100k	0.31	0.3	-3.23%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Wildt

The ethnicity associated with the surname Wildt also showed some changes between 2000 and 2010, according to data from the Decennial U.S. Census. The vast majority of individuals with the surname identify as White, constituting 96.30% in 2000 and a marginally smaller percentage of 96.02% in 2010, showing a negligible decrease of 0.29%. Interestingly, there was a notable increase in those of Hispanic ethnicity, rising from 0.84% to 1.48%, an increase of 76.19%. Moreover, a small portion identified with two or more races, although their percentage decreased by 25.11% over the decade. It's worth noting that while in 2000 no individuals with the Wildt surname identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, by 2010, 0.68% did so. No individuals identified as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.3%	96.02%	-0.29%
Two or More Races	2.27%	1.7%	-25.11%
Hispanic	0.84%	1.48%	76.19%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.68%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%