# Walmsley (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/walmsley/  
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) | 2,071 |
| US rank (2010) | 14,427 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 149,080 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.3% (2,005 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of Walmersley.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Walmsley 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) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 2.7% |
| Two or more races | 3.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Walmsley in the United Kingdom.

## People named Walmsley

- Emma Walmsley, British businesswoman, CEO of GlaxoSmithKline
- Jon Walmsley, British actor-singer

## Similar surnames

Williams, Williamson, Willingham, Walling, Wellington, Welling, Willems, Wilmès, Wallingford, Willing, Willms, Wellons.

## 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.