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    The surname Waddle

    A surname, carried by 4,167 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W340

    Waddle: #7,940 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Waddle #7,940, 4,167 people Waddle: #7,940 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Waddle #7,940, 4,167 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Waddle is more common than 95.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,167 people named Waddle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 74,093 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,143.

    #7,940
    rank among US surnames
    4,167
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.6%
    change since 2000 (was #7,417)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,933Desmarais4,17074,040
    #7,937Riccio4,16974,057
    #7,939Rutland4,16874,075
    #7,940Waddle4,16774,093
    #7,942Wirtz4,16674,111
    #7,944Mele4,16574,129

    Who is named Waddle

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    91% of people named Waddle identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Waddles

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jaylen Waddle
      American football wide receiver, born 1998

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Waddle

    Waddle has the Soundex code W340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W340.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Waddle?
    4,167 people in the United States had the surname Waddle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,093 Americans. It ranked 7,940th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Waddle?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Waddle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Waddle?
    Jaylen Waddle, American football wide receiver.
    Where is the surname Waddle most common?
    Wikidata records people named Waddle in the United States.
    Is the surname Waddle getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,143 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,167 in 2010, up 0.6%.