# Wardle (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/wardle/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,642 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,846 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 116,861 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.3% (2,509 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈwɔːrdəl/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English weard (“fortified place”) + hyll (“hill”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Wardle in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Wardle in the United Kingdom.

## People named Wardle

- Jah Wobble, British bass guitarist and music producer (born 1958)

## Similar surnames

Wardell, Wardlaw, Wardlow, Wardwell, Wortley.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.