How common is the surname Waldrep?

2,222 people in the United States had the surname Waldrep in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 138,949 Americans. It ranked 13,627th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Waldrep?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Waldrep identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Waldrep getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,228 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,222 in 2010, down 0.3%.

The surname Waldrep

A surname, carried by 2,222 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W436

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Waldrep is more common than 91.6% of them.

Origin

Variant of Wardrop.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,222 people named Waldrep in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 138,949 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,228.

#13,627

rank among US surnames

2,222

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

-0.3%

change since 2000 (was #12,726)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,622	Wilmer	2,224	138,824
#13,625	Gauvin	2,223	138,887
#13,627	Shum	2,222	138,949

Who is named Waldrep

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

95% of people named Waldrep identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Waldrep

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

Questions

Where does the surname Waldrep come from?: Variant of Wardrop.
How common is the surname Waldrep?: 2,222 people in the United States had the surname Waldrep in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 138,949 Americans. It ranked 13,627th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Waldrep?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Waldrep identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Waldrep getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,228 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,222 in 2010, down 0.3%.