How common is the surname Walling?

7,275 people in the United States had the surname Walling in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,439 Americans. It ranked 4,842nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Walling?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Walling identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Walling?

Will Walling, American actor (1872-1932).

Where is the surname Walling most common?

Wikidata records people named Walling in the United States.

Is the surname Walling getting more or less common?

More common. 6,860 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,275 in 2010, up 6.0%.

The surname Walling

A surname, carried by 7,275 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W452

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Walling is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,275 people named Walling in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 42,439 Americans. That is up 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,860.

#4,842

rank among US surnames

7,275

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+6%

change since 2000 (was #4,731)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,833	Nelms	7,303	42,277
#4,834	Lindgren	7,300	42,294
#4,835	Tibbs	7,294	42,329
#4,836	Bare	7,291	42,346
#4,837	Das	7,289	42,358
#4,838	Lowman	7,284	42,387
#4,839	McKeon	7,283	42,393

Who is named Walling

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

94% of people named Walling identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wallings

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Will Walling
American actor (1872-1932)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Walling

Walling has the Soundex code W452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W452.

Questions

How common is the surname Walling?: 7,275 people in the United States had the surname Walling in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,439 Americans. It ranked 4,842nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Walling?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Walling identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Walling?: Will Walling, American actor (1872-1932).
Where is the surname Walling most common?: Wikidata records people named Walling in the United States.
Is the surname Walling getting more or less common?: More common. 6,860 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,275 in 2010, up 6.0%.