# Waldron (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 17,501 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,063 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 17,642 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.5% (16,908 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Waldren |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Waldron 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) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Waldron in the United States.

## People named Waldron

- Mal Waldron, American jazz pianist and composer (1925–2002)
- Michael Waldron, American screenwriter
- Shawna Waldron, American actress
- Charles Waldron, American actor (1874–1946)

## Similar surnames

Walter, Waldrop, Waldrep, Waldorf, Waldrip, Waldrup, Walder, Waldroup, Waldridge, Walters, Wilder, Wooldridge.

## 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.