# Walls (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/walls/  
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) | 41,025 |
| US rank (2010) | 842 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 7,526 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.7% (39,166 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Walls 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) | 69% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 25% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

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

## People named Walls

- Jeannette Walls, American writer and journalist
- Matt Walls, British cyclist
- Sinqua Walls, American actor
- Josiah T. Walls, American politician (1842-1905)
- Nancy Carell, American actress, comedian, and writer
- Nardo Wick, American rapper (born 2001)

## Similar surnames

Wallace, Wells, Willis, Wills, Wallis, Walz, Wales, Welles, Walsh, Walk, Wallach, Wallick.

## 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.