# Walding (surname)

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

A surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 632 |
| US rank (2010) | 35,582 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 488,521 people |
| Change since 2000 | -15.3% (746 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From an unattested Old English personal name *Wealding, ultimately from weald (“wood, forest”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Walding 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) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.3% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Similar surnames

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

## 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.