The surname Wallin
A Swedish surname, carried by 7,034 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex W450
Origin
Swedish origin
Borrowed from Swedish Wallin.
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 7,034 people named Wallin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 43,893 Americans. That is up 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,677.
Who is named Wallin
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Wallin identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 95%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
- Two or more races 1.4%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Wallin
Wallin has the Soundex code W450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W450.
Other Swedish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Wallin come from?
- Borrowed from Swedish Wallin.
- How common is the surname Wallin?
- 7,034 people in the United States had the surname Wallin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,893 Americans. It ranked 4,995th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Wallin?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wallin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Wallin getting more or less common?
- More common. 6,677 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,034 in 2010, up 5.3%.