Wilkus
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/wɪɫkəs/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Wilkus is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States. Recorded meaning: From wilk (“wolf”).
- USUnited States
- PLPoland
- DEGermany
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.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Proto-Slavic*vьlkъ(inferred from the name graph)via wilk
- Latinlupus(inferred from the name graph)via wilk
Steps marked ◐ come from the entry for the form named above them, not from this name's own sources.
From wilk (“wolf”).
Sources 1
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 11 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 205 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 205 | #95,461 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 205 | #15,840 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 194 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 194 | #94,311 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 194 | #16,946 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 171 | #98,298 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 12 | #74,221 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 5 | #230,412 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Hoffman, Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings (2nd ed., 2012)
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 Wilkus mean, and where does it come from?
- From wilk (“wolf”). Recorded by Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Wilkus?
- A machine transcription gives /wɪɫkəs/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Wilkus have the most bearers?
- Wilkus is most frequently recorded in the United States.
What do you want to know about Wilkus?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/wilkusThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
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, “Wilkus”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.