How common is the surname Wahl?

13,253 people in the United States had the surname Wahl in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,296 Americans. It ranked 2,716th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wahl?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wahl identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Wahl?

Ken Wahl, American actor, followed by Arthur Wahl.

Where is the surname Wahl most common?

Wikidata records people named Wahl in the United States and the Russian Empire.

Is the surname Wahl getting more or less common?

More common. 12,933 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,253 in 2010, up 2.5%.

The surname Wahl

A surname, carried by 13,253 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex W400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wahl is more common than 98.3% of them.

Origin

A surname

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 13,253 people named Wahl in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,296 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,933.

#2,716

rank among US surnames

13,253

people in 2010

4.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2.5%

change since 2000 (was #2,574)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,707	Jasso	13,318	23,183
#2,708	Ko	13,312	23,193
#2,709	Stockton	13,306	23,203
#2,710	Graf	13,301	23,212
#2,711	Noonan	13,286	23,238
#2,712	Spear	13,284	23,242
#2,713	Pressley	13,281	23,247

Who is named Wahl

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

95% of people named Wahl identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wahls

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ken Wahl
American actor, born 1954
Arthur Wahl
American chemist (1917–2006)
Grant Wahl
American sportswriter (1973–2022)
Tyson Wahl
American soccer player, born 1984
Liz Wahl
American journalist, born 1985
Victor von Wahl
Baltic German general (1840-1915)

Notable Wahls come mostly from the United States (5) and the Russian Empire (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wahl

Wahl has the Soundex code W400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W400.

Questions

How common is the surname Wahl?: 13,253 people in the United States had the surname Wahl in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,296 Americans. It ranked 2,716th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wahl?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wahl identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Wahl?: Ken Wahl, American actor, followed by Arthur Wahl.
Where is the surname Wahl most common?: Wikidata records people named Wahl in the United States and the Russian Empire.
Is the surname Wahl getting more or less common?: More common. 12,933 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,253 in 2010, up 2.5%.