The Wilt surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,165 people carried this name — #4,348 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 36,100 people counted. That is up 2% from 7,981 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 115 people named Wilt.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 87 people named Wilt 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 print
Wilt in American newspapers,
1912–1917.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,865,268 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Wilt,
with a public archive behind them.
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Marie Wilt 1834–1891 · opera singer -
Marie Wilt 1834–1891 · opera singer
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Clara Antoinette McCarty Wilt 1858–1929 · politician -
Domenicus Verwilt 1520–1565 · painter
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John Adam Wilt 1837–1913
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Lambert Wilt 1866–
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Wilt.
- Wilmes 2,116 · U.S. census
- Wilmot 4,910 · U.S. census
- Wilmouth 397 · U.S. census
- Wilms 820 · U.S. census
- Wils 197 · U.S. census
- Wilson 801,882 · U.S. census
- Wiltgen 579 · U.S. census
- Wiltzius 277 · U.S. census
- Wimmer 6,334 · U.S. census
- Winckler 901 · U.S. census
- Wind 2,308 · U.S. census
- Windels 190 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Wilt is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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