How common is the surname Waldrip?

1,662 people in the United States had the surname Waldrip in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 185,767 Americans. It ranked 17,080th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Waldrip getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,685 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,662 in 2010, down 1.4%.

The surname Waldrip

A surname, carried by 1,662 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). Waldrip is more common than 89.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,662 people named Waldrip in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 185,767 Americans. That is down 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,685.

#17,080

rank among US surnames

1,662

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-1.4%

change since 2000 (was #15,854)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,072	Flinchum	1,663	185,656
#17,080	Wile	1,662	185,767
#17,087	Kendig	1,661	185,879

Who is named Waldrip

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

91% of people named Waldrip identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Waldrip

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

Questions

How common is the surname Waldrip?: 1,662 people in the United States had the surname Waldrip in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 185,767 Americans. It ranked 17,080th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Waldrip?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Waldrip identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Waldrip getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,685 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,662 in 2010, down 1.4%.