How common is the surname Walz?

7,220 people in the United States had the surname Walz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,763 Americans. It ranked 4,879th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Walz?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Walz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Walz?

Tim Walz, American politician (born 1964), followed by Carl E. Walz.

Where is the surname Walz most common?

Wikidata records people named Walz in the United States.

Is the surname Walz getting more or less common?

More common. 6,957 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,220 in 2010, up 3.8%.

The surname Walz

A German surname, carried by 7,220 people in the United States.

Pronounced /wɔlz/ 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). Walz is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Walz.

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 7,220 people named Walz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 42,763 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,957.

#4,879

rank among US surnames

7,220

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+3.8%

change since 2000 (was #4,660)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,870	Kester	7,237	42,662
#4,871	Harwell	7,234	42,680
#4,872	Knotts	7,232	42,692
#4,873	Bobbitt	7,230	42,703
#4,874	Rosenberger	7,228	42,715
#4,875	Michels	7,225	42,733
#4,876	Sturdivant	7,223	42,745

Who is named Walz

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

95% of people named Walz identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Walzs

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tim Walz
American politician (born 1964)
Carl E. Walz
American astronaut, born 1955
Gwen Walz
American educator (born 1966)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Walz

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Walz come from?: Borrowed from German Walz.
How common is the surname Walz?: 7,220 people in the United States had the surname Walz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,763 Americans. It ranked 4,879th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Walz?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Walz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Walz?: Tim Walz, American politician (born 1964), followed by Carl E. Walz.
Where is the surname Walz most common?: Wikidata records people named Walz in the United States.
How do you pronounce Walz?: Walz is /wɔlz/, one syllable.
Is the surname Walz getting more or less common?: More common. 6,957 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,220 in 2010, up 3.8%.