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    The surname Waldie

    A surname, carried by 869 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W430

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Waldie is more common than 82.9% of them.

    Origin

    Scottish surname, from the Scots name Waldef, which shares the same ultimate source as Walthall.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 869 people named Waldie in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 355,288 Americans. That is down 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 911.

    #27,678
    rank among US surnames
    869
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -4.6%
    change since 2000 (was #25,484)

    Who is named Waldie

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

    97% of people named Waldie identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Waldie

    Waldie has the Soundex code W430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W430.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Waldie come from?
    Scottish surname, from the Scots name Waldef, which shares the same ultimate source as Walthall.
    How common is the surname Waldie?
    869 people in the United States had the surname Waldie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 355,288 Americans. It ranked 27,678th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Waldie?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Waldie identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Waldie getting more or less common?
    Less common. 911 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 869 in 2010, down 4.6%.