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    The surname Waldrop

    A surname, carried by 10,503 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W436

    Waldrop: #3,405 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Waldrop #3,405, 10,503 people Waldrop: #3,405 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Waldrop #3,405, 10,503 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Waldrop is more common than 97.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 10,503 people named Waldrop in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 29,396 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 10,535.

    #3,405
    rank among US surnames
    10,503
    people in 2010
    3.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.3%
    change since 2000 (was #3,137)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,396Kimmel10,52829,326
    #3,397Conti10,52629,332
    #3,398Turley10,52429,337
    #3,400Acker10,51929,351
    #3,401Crist10,51829,354
    #3,403Currier10,51329,368
    #3,404Broderick10,50429,393

    Who is named Waldrop

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

    93% of people named Waldrop identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Waldrops

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Howard Waldrop
      American writer (1946–2024)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Waldrop

    Waldrop 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 Waldrop?
    10,503 people in the United States had the surname Waldrop in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,396 Americans. It ranked 3,405th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Waldrop?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Waldrop identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Waldrop?
    Howard Waldrop, American writer (1946–2024).
    Where is the surname Waldrop most common?
    Wikidata records people named Waldrop in the United States.
    Is the surname Waldrop getting more or less common?
    Less common. 10,535 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,503 in 2010, down 0.3%.