How common is the surname Walk?

4,460 people in the United States had the surname Walk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,225 Americans. It ranked 7,470th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Walk?

Neal Walk, American basketball player (1948–2015).

Where is the surname Walk most common?

Wikidata records people named Walk in the United States.

Is the surname Walk getting more or less common?

More common. 4,140 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,460 in 2010, up 7.7%.

The surname Walk

A surname, carried by 4,460 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex W420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Walk is more common than 95.4% of them.

Origin

* As a German surname, variant of Walke. * As an English surname, from the noun and verb walk.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,460 people named Walk in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 69,225 Americans. That is up 7.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,140.

#7,470

rank among US surnames

4,460

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+7.7%

change since 2000 (was #7,420)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,466	Hance	4,464	69,163
#7,467	Lambright	4,463	69,179
#7,468	Ruhl	4,462	69,194
#7,470	Cavender	4,460	69,225

Who is named Walk

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

84% of people named Walk identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Black (not Hispanic) 10%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.7%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Walks

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Neal Walk
American basketball player (1948–2015)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Walk

Walk has the Soundex code W420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W420.

Questions

Where does the surname Walk come from?: * As a German surname, variant of Walke. * As an English surname, from the noun and verb walk.
How common is the surname Walk?: 4,460 people in the United States had the surname Walk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,225 Americans. It ranked 7,470th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Walk?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Walk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Walk?: Neal Walk, American basketball player (1948–2015).
Where is the surname Walk most common?: Wikidata records people named Walk in the United States.
Is the surname Walk getting more or less common?: More common. 4,140 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,460 in 2010, up 7.7%.