How common is the surname Wallis?

11,594 people in the United States had the surname Wallis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,630 Americans. It ranked 3,104th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wallis?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Wallis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Wallis?

Annabelle Wallis, British actress, followed by Quvenzhané Wallis.

Where is the surname Wallis most common?

Wikidata records people named Wallis in the United States and the United Kingdom.

How do you pronounce Wallis?

Wallis is /ˈwɒlɪs/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Wallis getting more or less common?

More common. 11,279 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,594 in 2010, up 2.8%.

Is Wallis also a first name?

Yes. Wallis is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Wallis

A French nickname surname, carried by 11,594 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈwɒlɪs/ 2 syllables Soundex W420 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wallis is more common than 98.1% of them.

Origin

French origin

* (surname): The surname is an Old English byname for a Welshman or Breton, from Old French waleis (“foreign”). The Welsh hamlet may be derived from this.

Wallis is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 11,594 people named Wallis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,630 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,279.

#3,104

rank among US surnames

11,594

people in 2010

3.9

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #2,929)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,095	Cowart	11,621	26,568
#3,096	Brothers	11,619	26,572
#3,097	Fine	11,618	26,575
#3,098	Alcaraz	11,616	26,579
#3,099	Pulliam	11,613	26,586
#3,100	Benner	11,612	26,588
#3,101	Scanlon	11,610	26,593

Who is named Wallis

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

90% of people named Wallis identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Walliss

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Annabelle Wallis
British actress, born 1984
Quvenzhané Wallis
American actress (born 2003)
Hal B. Wallis
American film producer and art collector (1898–1986)
W. Allen Wallis
American economist (1912–1998)
Jim Wallis
American activist and Evangelical writer, born 1948
Michael Wallis
American historian, born 1945
Velma Wallis
American writer, Gwich'in people, born 1960

Notable Walliss come mostly from the United States (6) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Wallis

Wallis has the Soundex code W420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W420.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Wallis come from?: * (surname): The surname is an Old English byname for a Welshman or Breton, from Old French waleis (“foreign”). The Welsh hamlet may be derived from this.
How common is the surname Wallis?: 11,594 people in the United States had the surname Wallis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,630 Americans. It ranked 3,104th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wallis?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Wallis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Wallis?: Annabelle Wallis, British actress, followed by Quvenzhané Wallis.
Where is the surname Wallis most common?: Wikidata records people named Wallis in the United States and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Wallis?: Wallis is /ˈwɒlɪs/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Wallis?: Wallis is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Wallis getting more or less common?: More common. 11,279 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,594 in 2010, up 2.8%.
Is Wallis also a first name?: Yes. Wallis is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.