How common is the surname Wardell?

3,923 people in the United States had the surname Wardell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,701 Americans. It ranked 8,425th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Wardell getting more or less common?

More common. 3,864 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,923 in 2010, up 1.5%.

Is Wardell also a first name?

Yes. Wardell 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 Wardell

A surname, carried by 3,923 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W634 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). Wardell is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,923 people named Wardell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 78,701 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,864.

#8,425

rank among US surnames

3,923

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+1.5%

change since 2000 (was #7,941)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,419	Zamorano	3,926	78,641
#8,422	Stallard	3,925	78,661
#8,423	Braley	3,924	78,681
#8,425	Lair	3,923	78,701
#8,427	Hagood	3,922	78,721
#8,429	Campana	3,920	78,762
#8,430	Maurice	3,919	78,782

Who is named Wardell

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

84% of people named Wardell identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wardell

Wardell has the Soundex code W634, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W634.

Questions

How common is the surname Wardell?: 3,923 people in the United States had the surname Wardell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,701 Americans. It ranked 8,425th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wardell?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Wardell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Wardell getting more or less common?: More common. 3,864 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,923 in 2010, up 1.5%.
Is Wardell also a first name?: Yes. Wardell 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.