Wilkin

surname · Latin script

Meaning: From the medieval male personal name Wilkin, a pet-form of Will

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈwɪɫkɪn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Wilkin is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.

rarermore common
  • BEBelgium
  • GBUnited Kingdom
  • AUAustralia

Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

From the medieval male personal name Wilkin, a pet-form of Will.

Sources 1

  • Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Recorded in:

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Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Wilkin is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, diminutive of William; first attested Wilechm 1166 P (Nb)

    as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames

  • In English, A surname originating as a patronymic.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In German, Kurzform zu Wilhelm; wohl flämischen Ursprungs; 70 Belege.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1700180019002000James W. Wilkin, b. 1762Samuel J. Wilkin, b. 1793Alexander Wilkin, b. 1819Marijohn Wilkin, b. 1920Jeremy Wilkin, b. 1930Barbara Wilkin, b. 1940Catherine Wilkin, b. 1945Rose Hudson-Wilkin, b. 1961Kevin Wilkin, b. 1967Jon Wilkin, b. 1983

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Wilkin,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 30 sources across 14 countries.

Official registers attesting Wilkin
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020103K#10,548
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020002.7K#10,680
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020202.7K#11,183
GB United KingdomSurnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register)20022.5K#3,088
BE BelgiumFamilienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)2008855#1,624
BE BelgiumStatbel — Noms de famille (family names)—772#1,820
KN St. Kitts & NevisSt Kitts & Nevis — Register of Electors 20262026106#87
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)202651—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—51#49,485
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)202648—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—48#52,036
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—11#114,632

Reference works 5

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Wilkin mean, and where does it come from?
From the medieval male personal name Wilkin, a pet-form of Will. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
What are other forms of the name Wilkin?
In the etymology graph, Guglielmo, Viljami and Villem are forms of the same name in other languages.
How do you pronounce Wilkin?
A machine transcription gives /ˈwɪɫkɪn/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Wilkin have the most bearers?
Wilkin is most frequently recorded in the United States.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

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Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Wilkin”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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