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    The surname Waldon

    A surname, carried by 4,190 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W435

    Waldon: #7,900 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Waldon #7,900, 4,190 people Waldon: #7,900 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Waldon #7,900, 4,190 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Waldon is more common than 95.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,190 people named Waldon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 73,686 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,073.

    #7,900
    rank among US surnames
    4,190
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.9%
    change since 2000 (was #7,532)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,896Brawley4,19373,634
    #7,898Hartsfield4,19273,651
    #7,899Bunton4,19173,669
    #7,900Waldon4,19073,686
    #7,903Sikorski4,18973,704

    Who is named Waldon

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

    57% of people named Waldon identified as white (not Hispanic), 34% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 57%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 34%
    • Two or more races 4.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Waldons

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Louis Waldon
      American film actor (1934–2013)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Waldon

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Waldon?
    4,190 people in the United States had the surname Waldon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,686 Americans. It ranked 7,900th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Waldon?
    In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named Waldon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Waldon?
    Louis Waldon, American film actor (1934–2013).
    Where is the surname Waldon most common?
    Wikidata records people named Waldon in the United States.
    Is the surname Waldon getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,073 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,190 in 2010, up 2.9%.