How common is the surname Walls?

41,025 people in the United States had the surname Walls in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,526 Americans. It ranked 842nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Walls?

Jeannette Walls, American writer and journalist, followed by Matt Walls.

Where is the surname Walls most common?

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

Is the surname Walls getting more or less common?

More common. 39,166 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 41,025 in 2010, up 4.7%.

The surname Walls

A surname, carried by 41,025 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex W420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Walls is more common than 99.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 41,025 people named Walls in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 7,526 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 39,166.

#842

rank among US surnames

41,025

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+4.7%

change since 2000 (was #801)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#833	Frederick	41,394	7,459
#834	Buckley	41,348	7,467
#835	McFarland	41,300	7,476
#836	Hebert	41,275	7,480
#837	Enriquez	41,271	7,481
#838	Hickman	41,163	7,501
#839	Quintero	41,158	7,501

Who is named Walls

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

69% of people named Walls identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 69%
Black (not Hispanic) 25%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wallss

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jeannette Walls
American writer and journalist, born 1960
Matt Walls
British cyclist, born 1998
Sinqua Walls
American actor, born 1985
Josiah T. Walls
American politician (1842-1905)
Nancy Carell
American actress, comedian, and writer, born 1966
Nardo Wick
American rapper (born 2001)

Notable Wallss come mostly from the United States (5) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Walls

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

Questions

How common is the surname Walls?: 41,025 people in the United States had the surname Walls in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,526 Americans. It ranked 842nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Walls?: In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Walls identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Walls?: Jeannette Walls, American writer and journalist, followed by Matt Walls.
Where is the surname Walls most common?: Wikidata records people named Walls in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Walls getting more or less common?: More common. 39,166 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 41,025 in 2010, up 4.7%.