How common is the surname Waltrip?

1,523 people in the United States had the surname Waltrip in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 202,722 Americans. It ranked 18,246th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Waltrip?

Darrell Waltrip, American racing driver, followed by Michael Waltrip.

Where is the surname Waltrip most common?

Wikidata records people named Waltrip in the United States.

Is the surname Waltrip getting more or less common?

More common. 1,483 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,523 in 2010, up 2.7%.

The surname Waltrip

A surname, carried by 1,523 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W436

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Waltrip is more common than 88.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,523 people named Waltrip in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 202,722 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,483.

#18,246

rank among US surnames

1,523

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2.7%

change since 2000 (was #17,510)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,237	Shisler	1,525	202,456
#18,242	Makris	1,524	202,589
#18,246	Waltrip	1,523	202,722
#18,253	Berberich	1,522	202,855

Who is named Waltrip

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

92% of people named Waltrip identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as two or more races and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Two or more races 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Waltrips

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Darrell Waltrip
American racing driver, born 1947
Michael Waltrip
American racing driver, sports announcer, and businessman, born 1963

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Waltrip

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

Questions

How common is the surname Waltrip?: 1,523 people in the United States had the surname Waltrip in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 202,722 Americans. It ranked 18,246th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Waltrip?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Waltrip identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Waltrip?: Darrell Waltrip, American racing driver, followed by Michael Waltrip.
Where is the surname Waltrip most common?: Wikidata records people named Waltrip in the United States.
Is the surname Waltrip getting more or less common?: More common. 1,483 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,523 in 2010, up 2.7%.