How common is the surname Wahlgren?

652 people in the United States had the surname Wahlgren in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 473,536 Americans. It ranked 34,668th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wahlgren?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Wahlgren identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Wahlgren?

Kari Wahlgren, American voice actress.

Where is the surname Wahlgren most common?

Wikidata records people named Wahlgren in the United States.

Is the surname Wahlgren getting more or less common?

More common. 608 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 652 in 2010, up 7.2%.

The surname Wahlgren

A Swedish surname, carried by 652 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W426

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wahlgren is more common than 78.6% of them.

Origin

Swedish origin

Borrowed from Swedish Wahlgren, from vall (“pasture”) + gren (“branch”). Compare Wallgren.

One of 133 Swedish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 652 people named Wahlgren in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 473,536 Americans. That is up 7.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 608.

#34,668

rank among US surnames

652

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

+7.2%

change since 2000 (was #35,106)

Who is named Wahlgren

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

94% of people named Wahlgren identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 2.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wahlgrens

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kari Wahlgren
American voice actress, born 1977

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Walgren

Surnames that sound like Wahlgren

Wallgren

Wahlgren has the Soundex code W426, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W426.

Other Swedish surnames

All 133 Swedish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Wahlgren come from?: Borrowed from Swedish Wahlgren, from vall (“pasture”) + gren (“branch”). Compare Wallgren.
How common is the surname Wahlgren?: 652 people in the United States had the surname Wahlgren in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 473,536 Americans. It ranked 34,668th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wahlgren?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Wahlgren identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Wahlgren?: Kari Wahlgren, American voice actress.
Where is the surname Wahlgren most common?: Wikidata records people named Wahlgren in the United States.
Is the surname Wahlgren getting more or less common?: More common. 608 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 652 in 2010, up 7.2%.
What are other spellings of Wahlgren?: Walgren.