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    The surname Walding

    An English surname, carried by 632 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W435

    Walding: #35,582 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Walding #35,582, 632 people Walding: #35,582 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Walding #35,582, 632 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Walding is more common than 78.1% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

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

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 632 people named Walding in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 488,521 Americans. That is down 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 746.

    #35,582
    rank among US surnames
    632
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -15.3%
    change since 2000 (was #29,758)

    Who is named Walding

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

    95% of people named Walding identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Walding

    Walding has the Soundex code W435, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W435.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Walding come from?
    From an unattested Old English personal name *Wealding, ultimately from weald (“wood, forest”).
    How common is the surname Walding?
    632 people in the United States had the surname Walding in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 488,521 Americans. It ranked 35,582nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Walding?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Walding identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Walding getting more or less common?
    Less common. 746 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 632 in 2010, down 15%.