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    The surname Wallgren

    A Swedish surname, carried by 609 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W426

    Wallgren: #36,695 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Wallgren #36,695, 609 people Wallgren: #36,695 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Wallgren #36,695, 609 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wallgren is more common than 77.4% of them.

    Origin

    Swedish origin

    Borrowed from Swedish Wallgren, from vall (“pasture”) + gren (“branch”). Compare Wahlgren.

    One of 133 Swedish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 609 people named Wallgren in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 506,971 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 542.

    #36,695
    rank among US surnames
    609
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.4%
    change since 2000 (was #38,395)

    Who is named Wallgren

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

    96% of people named Wallgren identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Wallgrens

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Monrad Wallgren
      American politician (1891-1961)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wallgren

    Wallgren has the Soundex code W426, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W426.

    Other Swedish surnames

    All 133 Swedish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Wallgren come from?
    Borrowed from Swedish Wallgren, from vall (“pasture”) + gren (“branch”). Compare Wahlgren.
    How common is the surname Wallgren?
    609 people in the United States had the surname Wallgren in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 506,971 Americans. It ranked 36,695th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wallgren?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wallgren identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Wallgren?
    Monrad Wallgren, American politician (1891-1961).
    Where is the surname Wallgren most common?
    Wikidata records people named Wallgren in the United States.
    Is the surname Wallgren getting more or less common?
    More common. 542 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 609 in 2010, up 12%.