How common is the surname Walpole?

1,748 people in the United States had the surname Walpole in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 176,628 Americans. It ranked 16,450th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Walpole?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Walpole identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Walpole?

Spencer Horatio Walpole, British Conservative politician (1806–1898).

Where is the surname Walpole most common?

Wikidata records people named Walpole in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

How do you pronounce Walpole?

Walpole is /ˈwɔl.poʊl/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Walpole getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,810 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,748 in 2010, down 3.4%.

The surname Walpole

An English place surname, carried by 1,748 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈwɔl.poʊl/ 2 syllables Soundex W414

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Walpole is more common than 89.9% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English words for "wall" and "pool".

Walpole is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,748 people named Walpole in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 176,628 Americans. That is down 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,810.

#16,450

rank among US surnames

1,748

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-3.4%

change since 2000 (was #14,983)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,444	Guimond	1,749	176,527
#16,450	Chia	1,748	176,628
#16,457	Chisum	1,747	176,729

Who is named Walpole

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

96% of people named Walpole identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Walpoles

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Spencer Horatio Walpole
British Conservative politician (1806–1898)

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Walpole come from?: From Old English words for "wall" and "pool".
How common is the surname Walpole?: 1,748 people in the United States had the surname Walpole in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 176,628 Americans. It ranked 16,450th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Walpole?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Walpole identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Walpole?: Spencer Horatio Walpole, British Conservative politician (1806–1898).
Where is the surname Walpole most common?: Wikidata records people named Walpole in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
How do you pronounce Walpole?: Walpole is /ˈwɔl.poʊl/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Walpole?: Walpole is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Walpole getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,810 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,748 in 2010, down 3.4%.