Wildes Surname

134,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,337 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

Wildes Surname Definition:

Wilp(E)S (Son): v. Wild(e1.

Wildes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,0071:120,53812,892
England1161:480,32831,110
Australia711:380,22131,281
Ireland661:71,3484,439
Jamaica211:136,6644,886
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Peru71:4,540,58934,489
Israel61:1,426,27275,466
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
France11:66,422,722504,397
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland191:233,15110,389
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England781:312,50520,777
Wales61:261,4039,165
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4571:109,88810,957

Wildes (1,450) may also be a first name.

Wildes Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Wilp(E)S (Son): v. Wild(e1.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Wildes Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wildes Come From? nationality or country of origin

Wildes (Arabic: وايلدز) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wildes? popularity and diffusion

It is the 134,861st most common surname in the world, held by around 1 in 2,183,862 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 91 percent of Wildes live; 90 percent live in North America and 90 percent live in Anglo-North America. Wildes is also the 204,853rd most numerous first name world-wide, held by 1,450 people.

Wildes is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 3,007 people, or 1 in 120,538. In The United States Wildes is primarily concentrated in: Georgia, where 24 percent live, Florida, where 7 percent live and Wisconsin, where 7 percent live. Outside of The United States it exists in 26 countries. It also occurs in England, where 3 percent live and Australia, where 2 percent live.

Wildes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wildes has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 658 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 149 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it expanded 347 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it declined 83 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wildes Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Wildes last name are 5.36% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 52.13% being registered with the political party.

The amount Wildes earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 6.98% more than the national average, earning $46,159 USD per year and in Canada they earn 54.97% more than the national average, earning $76,992 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wildeis92148/
Wildies9224/
Wildeus928/
Wildeys920/
Wildesh920/
Wuiledes861/
Willdese861/
Willdees861/
Wyldes83188/
Bildes8336/
Weldes8313/
Vildes836/
Wildez835/
Wildis832/
Wildej831/
Wildys831/
Wildish77976/
Vildeys7740/
Villdes771/
Wildiez771/
Wildeisová751/
Vldes737/
Bldes732/
Wildisch712/
Bildis6750/
Veldes6725/
Vildis6720/
Weldis6715/
Beldes6714/

Wildes Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Wildes in the Arabic language
وايلدزwayldz-

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Wildes Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wildes
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