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    The surname Walkley

    An English place surname, carried by 547 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W424

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Walkley is more common than 75.3% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From the unattested Old English personal name *Walca + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

    Walkley is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 547 people named Walkley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 564,434 Americans. That is down 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 576.

    #40,082
    rank among US surnames
    547
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -5%
    change since 2000 (was #36,630)

    Who is named Walkley

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

    96% of people named Walkley identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Walkley come from?
    From the unattested Old English personal name *Walca + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).
    How common is the surname Walkley?
    547 people in the United States had the surname Walkley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 564,434 Americans. It ranked 40,082nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Walkley?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Walkley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Walkley?
    Walkley is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Walkley getting more or less common?
    Less common. 576 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 547 in 2010, down 5.0%.