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    The surname Waldrup

    A surname, carried by 1,514 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W436

    Waldrup: #18,311 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Waldrup #18,311, 1,514 people Waldrup: #18,311 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Waldrup #18,311, 1,514 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Waldrup is more common than 88.7% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of Wardrop.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,514 people named Waldrup in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 203,927 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,517.

    #18,311
    rank among US surnames
    1,514
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.2%
    change since 2000 (was #17,209)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,306Reyez1,515203,792
    #18,311McQuinn1,514203,927
    #18,317Shakir1,513204,062

    Who is named Waldrup

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

    80% of people named Waldrup identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 80%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 16%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Waldrup

    Waldrup 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 Waldrup come from?
    Variant of Wardrop.
    How common is the surname Waldrup?
    1,514 people in the United States had the surname Waldrup in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 203,927 Americans. It ranked 18,311th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Waldrup?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Waldrup identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Waldrup getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,517 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,514 in 2010, down 0.2%.