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    The surname Wadlington

    A surname, carried by 1,546 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex W345

    Wadlington: #18,043 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wadlington #18,043, 1,546 people Wadlington: #18,043 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wadlington #18,043, 1,546 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wadlington is more common than 88.9% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of Watlington.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,546 people named Wadlington in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 199,706 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,384.

    #18,043
    rank among US surnames
    1,546
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.7%
    change since 2000 (was #18,425)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,036Erhart1,547199,577
    #18,043Wadlington1,546199,706

    Who is named Wadlington

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

    48% of people named Wadlington identified as white (not Hispanic), 47% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 48%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 47%
    • Two or more races 2.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wadlington

    Wadlington has the Soundex code W345, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W345.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Wadlington come from?
    Variant of Watlington.
    How common is the surname Wadlington?
    1,546 people in the United States had the surname Wadlington in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 199,706 Americans. It ranked 18,043rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wadlington?
    In the 2010 Census, 48% of people named Wadlington identified as white (not Hispanic), and 47% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Wadlington getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,384 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,546 in 2010, up 12%.