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Where Does The Last Name Wilkey Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Wilkey is found most frequently in The United States. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wilkey? ^{popularity and diffusion}

Wilkey is the 78,796^th most widely held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,175,790 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 80 percent of Wilkey live; 79 percent live in North America and 79 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 946,056^th most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 100 people.

The last name Wilkey is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 5,138 people, or 1 in 70,545. In The United States Wilkey is most numerous in: Illinois, where 11 percent live, Georgia, where 10 percent live and Tennessee, where 8 percent live. Other than The United States this surname occurs in 27 countries. It is also common in England, where 6 percent live and Australia, where 4 percent live.

Wilkey Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Wilkey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wilkey surname expanded 599 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 206 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 4,300 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it fell 67 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 67 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Wilkey Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Catholic (67%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Wilkey surname are 23.42% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 70.19% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Wilkey earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 1.5% less than the national average, earning $42,500 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.97% more than the national average, earning $52,154 CAD per year.