# Wall (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/wall/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 53,794 |
| US rank (2010) | 631 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 5,739 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.1% (54,401 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Of various origins, principally from Old English wælisc etc. ("non-Germanic speaker, stranger") from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“foreigner, stranger”), the source of numerous other surnames such as Walsh and Wales and from Middle English wall, from Old English weall (“wall, dike, rampart”), from Proto-Germanic *wallaz or *wallą (“wall, rampart”), from Latin vallum (“wall, rampart, palisade”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn, wind, roll”). Also from transcribed foreign surnames such as German Wahl and Swedish Wahlberg.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Wall in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Wall in the United States.

## People named Wall

- Larry Wall, American computer programmer and author
- John Wall, American basketball player (born 1990)
- Robin Wall Kimmerer, American environmentalist
- Paul Wall, American rapper, actor, jewelry designer and DJ from Texas (born 1981)
- Robert Wall, American martial artist (1939–2022)
- Angus Wall, American film editor and film title designer
- Rachel Wall, American pirate; last woman hanged in the state of Massachusetts
- Jack Wall, American video game music composer
- Garret Dorset Wall, American politician (1783-1850)
- James Walter Wall, American politician (1820–1872)

## Similar surnames

Wahl, Will, Walley, Walla, Woll, Wale, Wiley, Whaley, Willey, Wylie, Woolley, Weil.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.