How common is the surname Walko?

1,153 people in the United States had the surname Walko in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 267,776 Americans. It ranked 22,346th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Walko?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Walko identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Walko?

Lajos Walko, (1880–1954) Hungarian politician.

Where is the surname Walko most common?

Wikidata records people named Walko in Hungary.

Is the surname Walko getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,210 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,153 in 2010, down 4.7%.

The surname Walko

A surname, carried by 1,153 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Walko is more common than 86.2% of them.

Origin

* As a Polish surname, from a pet form of Walenty. * As a Carpathian Rusyn, Slovak, Czech, Ukrainian, and Hungarian surname, Americanized/Germanized from Valko.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,153 people named Walko in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 267,776 Americans. That is down 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,210.

#22,346

rank among US surnames

1,153

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-4.7%

change since 2000 (was #20,413)

Who is named Walko

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

97% of people named Walko identified as white (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
Two or more races 0.7%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Walkos

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lajos Walko
(1880–1954) Hungarian politician

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Walko

Walko 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 Walko come from?: * As a Polish surname, from a pet form of Walenty. * As a Carpathian Rusyn, Slovak, Czech, Ukrainian, and Hungarian surname, Americanized/Germanized from Valko.
How common is the surname Walko?: 1,153 people in the United States had the surname Walko in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 267,776 Americans. It ranked 22,346th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Walko?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Walko identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Walko?: Lajos Walko, (1880–1954) Hungarian politician.
Where is the surname Walko most common?: Wikidata records people named Walko in Hungary.
Is the surname Walko getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,210 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,153 in 2010, down 4.7%.