How common is the surname Walburn?

1,522 people in the United States had the surname Walburn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 202,855 Americans. It ranked 18,253rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Walburn?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Walburn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Walburn?

Raymond Walburn, actor (1887-1969).

Where is the surname Walburn most common?

Wikidata records people named Walburn in the United States.

Is the surname Walburn getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,560 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,522 in 2010, down 2.4%.

The surname Walburn

A surname, carried by 1,522 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W416

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Walburn is more common than 88.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,522 people named Walburn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 202,855 Americans. That is down 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,560.

#18,253

rank among US surnames

1,522

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-2.4%

change since 2000 (was #16,838)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,246	Waltrip	1,523	202,722
#18,253	Berberich	1,522	202,855
#18,262	Raybon	1,521	202,989

Who is named Walburn

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

94% of people named Walburn identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Walburns

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Raymond Walburn
Actor (1887-1969)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Walburn

Walburn has the Soundex code W416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W416.

Questions

How common is the surname Walburn?: 1,522 people in the United States had the surname Walburn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 202,855 Americans. It ranked 18,253rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Walburn?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Walburn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Walburn?: Raymond Walburn, actor (1887-1969).
Where is the surname Walburn most common?: Wikidata records people named Walburn in the United States.
Is the surname Walburn getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,560 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,522 in 2010, down 2.4%.