How common is the surname Waldroup?

1,468 people in the United States had the surname Waldroup in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 210,317 Americans. It ranked 18,715th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Waldroup getting more or less common?

More common. 1,332 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,468 in 2010, up 10%.

The surname Waldroup

A surname, carried by 1,468 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). Waldroup is more common than 88.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,468 people named Waldroup in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 210,317 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,332.

#18,715

rank among US surnames

1,468

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+10.2%

change since 2000 (was #18,947)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,715	Larrea	1,468	210,317
#18,724	Clyne	1,467	210,460

Who is named Waldroup

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

91% of people named Waldroup identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.6%
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 Waldroup

Waldroup 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 Waldroup?: 1,468 people in the United States had the surname Waldroup in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 210,317 Americans. It ranked 18,715th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Waldroup?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Waldroup identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Waldroup getting more or less common?: More common. 1,332 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,468 in 2010, up 10%.