# Wald (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/wald/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,057 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,172 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 76,102 people |
| Change since 2000 | -17.4% (4,910 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Wald in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Wald in the United States and the Kingdom of Hungary.

## People named Wald

- George Wald, American biologist, biochemist, physiologist and Nobel laureate (1906–1997)
- Abraham Wald, American mathematician, statistician, and scientist (1902–1950)
- Lillian Wald, American nurse and activist (1867–1940)
- Robert M. Wald, American physicist
- Jerry Wald, American screenwriter and producer (1911–1962)
- Helen Reddy, Australian and American singer and actress (1941–2020)

## Similar surnames

Wild, Wold, Waldo, Weld, Walt, Waldie, Willett, Wilde, Wilhite, Wilt, Welty, Willette.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.