How common is the surname Walshe?

413 people in the United States had the surname Walshe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 747,568 Americans. It ranked 50,564th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Walshe?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Walshe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Walshe?

Pat Walshe, American actor (1900-1991).

Where is the surname Walshe most common?

Wikidata records people named Walshe in the United States.

Is the surname Walshe getting more or less common?

More common. 389 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 413 in 2010, up 6.2%.

The surname Walshe

A nickname surname, carried by 413 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). Walshe is more common than 68.8% of them.

Origin

Inherited from Middle English Walsch, from Old English wælisc, variant of wīelisċ, from Proto-West Germanic *walhisk, from Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz; equivalent to wale (“outsider”) + -isch.

Walshe is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 413 people named Walshe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 747,568 Americans. That is up 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 389.

#50,564

rank among US surnames

413

people in 2010

0.1

per 100,000 Americans

+6.2%

change since 2000 (was #50,468)

Who is named Walshe

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

92% of people named Walshe identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.1%
Two or more races 2.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Walshes

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Pat Walshe
American actor (1900-1991)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Walshe

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

Questions

Where does the surname Walshe come from?: Inherited from Middle English Walsch, from Old English wælisc, variant of wīelisċ, from Proto-West Germanic *walhisk, from Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz; equivalent to wale (“outsider”) + -isch.
How common is the surname Walshe?: 413 people in the United States had the surname Walshe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 747,568 Americans. It ranked 50,564th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Walshe?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Walshe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Walshe?: Pat Walshe, American actor (1900-1991).
Where is the surname Walshe most common?: Wikidata records people named Walshe in the United States.
What type of surname is Walshe?: Walshe is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Walshe getting more or less common?: More common. 389 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 413 in 2010, up 6.2%.
What are other spellings of Walshe?: Walsh and Welsh.