How common is the surname Walck?

1,178 people in the United States had the surname Walck in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 262,093 Americans. It ranked 22,012th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Walck?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Walck identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Walck getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,265 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,178 in 2010, down 6.9%.

The surname Walck

A surname, carried by 1,178 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex W420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Walck is more common than 86.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,178 people named Walck in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 262,093 Americans. That is down 6.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,265.

#22,012

rank among US surnames

1,178

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-6.9%

change since 2000 (was #19,710)

Who is named Walck

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

93% of people named Walck identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Walck

Walck has the Soundex code W420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W420.

Questions

How common is the surname Walck?: 1,178 people in the United States had the surname Walck in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 262,093 Americans. It ranked 22,012th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Walck?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Walck identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Walck getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,265 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,178 in 2010, down 6.9%.