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    The surname Walder

    A surname, carried by 1,380 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W436

    Walder: #19,559 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Walder #19,559, 1,380 people Walder: #19,559 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Walder #19,559, 1,380 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Walder is more common than 87.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,380 people named Walder in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 223,729 Americans. That is down 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,642.

    #19,559
    rank among US surnames
    1,380
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    -16%
    change since 2000 (was #16,184)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,551Nepomuceno1,381223,567
    #19,559Walder1,380223,729
    #19,567Kilbourn1,379223,891

    Who is named Walder

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

    82% of people named Walder identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 82%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 11%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Walders

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Erick Walder
      American long jumper, born 1971
    • Katie Walder
      American actress, born 1982

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Walder

    Walder has the Soundex code W436, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W436.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Walder?
    1,380 people in the United States had the surname Walder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 223,729 Americans. It ranked 19,559th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Walder?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Walder identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Walder?
    Erick Walder, American long jumper, followed by Katie Walder.
    Where is the surname Walder most common?
    Wikidata records people named Walder in the United States.
    Is the surname Walder getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,642 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,380 in 2010, down 16%.