The surname Walser
A surname, carried by 2,782 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex W426
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,782 people named Walser in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 110,980 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,657.
#11,341
rank among US surnames
2,782
people in 2010
0.9
per 100,000 Americans
+4.7%
change since 2000 (was #10,984)
Who is named Walser
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
91% of people named Walser identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 91%
- Black (not Hispanic) 3.2%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
- Two or more races 1.6%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Walser has the Soundex code W426, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W426.
Questions
- How common is the surname Walser?
- 2,782 people in the United States had the surname Walser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 110,980 Americans. It ranked 11,341st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Walser?
- In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Walser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Walser getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,657 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,782 in 2010, up 4.7%.