How common is the surname Walke?

1,014 people in the United States had the surname Walke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 304,483 Americans. It ranked 24,629th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Walke getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,032 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,014 in 2010, down 1.7%.

The surname Walke

An occupational surname, carried by 1,014 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). Walke is more common than 84.8% of them.

Origin

* As a German occupational surname for a fuller, from the verb walken (“to full, tan”), compare Walkmühle (English waulkmill). * As an English surname, variant of Walk.

Walke is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,014 people named Walke in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 304,483 Americans. That is down 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,032.

#24,629

rank among US surnames

1,014

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-1.7%

change since 2000 (was #23,104)

Who is named Walke

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

80% of people named Walke identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 80%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Asian and Pacific Islander 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Walke

Walke 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 Walke come from?: * As a German occupational surname for a fuller, from the verb walken (“to full, tan”), compare Walkmühle (English waulkmill). * As an English surname, variant of Walk.
How common is the surname Walke?: 1,014 people in the United States had the surname Walke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 304,483 Americans. It ranked 24,629th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Walke?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Walke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Walke?: Walke is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Walke getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,032 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,014 in 2010, down 1.7%.