The Wilk surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,763 people carried this name — #5,971 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 51,300 people counted. That is up 2% from 5,662 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
31,424 people named Wilk have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 34,592 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Subcarpathian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 381 people named Wilk.
145 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 42 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 111 people named Wilk live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
107 people named Wilk live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 28 people named Wilk live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
85 people named Wilk is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Wilk in American newspapers,
1888–1924.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 116,843 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Wilk,
with a public archive behind them.
-
Antoni Wilk 1876–1940 · astronomer -
Małgorzata Wilk 1901– · Wikipedian -
Erich Wilk 1915–2000 · violinist -
Stanisław Wilk 1944– · priest -
Yehuda Wilk 1949–2019 · police officer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 222 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Wilk.
- Wiest 3,588 · U.S. census
- Wilbert 3,222 · U.S. census
- Wilczynski 1,414 · U.S. census
- Wild 8,217 · U.S. census
- Wildermuth 1,651 · U.S. census
- Wilhelm 19,913 · U.S. census
- Wilke 8,106 · U.S. census
- Wilkinson 53,739 · U.S. census
- Will 12,575 · U.S. census
- Willaert 251 · U.S. census
- Willard 21,352 · U.S. census
- Wille 3,734 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Wilk is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.