The surname Wah
A Chinese surname, carried by 1,550 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex W000
Origin
Chinese origin
Borrowed from Cantonese 華 /华 (waa6, waa4).
One of 193 Chinese surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,550 people named Wah in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 199,191 Americans. That is up 231% since 2000, when the Census counted 468.
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #18,003 | Wasielewski | 1,551 | 199,062 |
| #18,007 | Spivak | 1,550 | 199,191 |
Who is named Wah
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
75% of people named Wah identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.8% as white (not Hispanic).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 75%
- Black (not Hispanic) 13%
- White (not Hispanic) 4.8%
- Two or more races 4.0%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Wah has the Soundex code W000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W000.
Other Chinese surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Wah come from?
- Borrowed from Cantonese 華 /华 (waa6, waa4).
- How common is the surname Wah?
- 1,550 people in the United States had the surname Wah in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 199,191 Americans. It ranked 18,007th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Wah?
- In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Wah identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Wah getting more or less common?
- More common. 468 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,550 in 2010, up 231%.