How common is the surname Walther?

6,444 people in the United States had the surname Walther in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,912 Americans. It ranked 5,402nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Walther?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Walther identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Walther?

Paul Walther, American basketball player (1927–2014), followed by Johann Heinrich Bartholomäus Walther.

Where is the surname Walther most common?

Wikidata records people named Walther in the United States and Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

Is the surname Walther getting more or less common?

More common. 6,108 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,444 in 2010, up 5.5%.

Is Walther also a first name?

Yes. Walther is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Walther

A German surname, carried by 6,444 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W436 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Walther is more common than 96.7% of them.

Origin

German origin

A surname from German.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,444 people named Walther in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 47,912 Americans. That is up 5.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,108.

#5,402

rank among US surnames

6,444

people in 2010

2.2

per 100,000 Americans

+5.5%

change since 2000 (was #5,251)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,393	Deane	6,454	47,838
#5,394	Ingalls	6,453	47,845
#5,396	Blanchette	6,452	47,853
#5,397	Blaine	6,451	47,860
#5,399	Eberhardt	6,450	47,868
#5,400	Rounds	6,447	47,890
#5,401	Abad	6,446	47,897

Who is named Walther

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

93% of people named Walther identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Walthers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Paul Walther
American basketball player (1927–2014)
Johann Heinrich Bartholomäus Walther
Baltic German architect (1737–1802)

Notable Walthers come mostly from the United States (1) and Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Walther

Walther has the Soundex code W436, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W436.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Walther come from?: Walther is German in origin.
How common is the surname Walther?: 6,444 people in the United States had the surname Walther in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,912 Americans. It ranked 5,402nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Walther?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Walther identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Walther?: Paul Walther, American basketball player (1927–2014), followed by Johann Heinrich Bartholomäus Walther.
Where is the surname Walther most common?: Wikidata records people named Walther in the United States and Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
Is the surname Walther getting more or less common?: More common. 6,108 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,444 in 2010, up 5.5%.
Is Walther also a first name?: Yes. Walther is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.