# Walden (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 24,821 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,435 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 12,439 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.9% (24,122 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English walh (“Welshman”), genitive plural wala + denu (“valley”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Walden 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) | 78% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 16% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Walden in the United States, Germany, India and Serbia.

## People named Walden

- Paul Walden, Baltic German chemist (1863-1957)
- Narada Michael Walden, American musician
- Greg Walden, American politician (born 1957)
- Robert Walden, American actor
- Corey Walden, American basketball player (born 1992)
- W. G. Snuffy Walden, American composer and musician
- Dana Walden, American businessperson
- Tillie Walden, American cartoonist
- Ashley Walden, American luger

## Similar surnames

Walton, Waldon, Welden, Waldman, Waltman, Waldner, Walding, Weldon, Wildman, Welton, Wilton, Wilding.

## 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.