How common is the surname Wardlow?

2,985 people in the United States had the surname Wardlow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 103,432 Americans. It ranked 10,706th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Wardlow?

Wardlow, American professional wrestler.

Where is the surname Wardlow most common?

Wikidata records people named Wardlow in the United States.

Is the surname Wardlow getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,039 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,985 in 2010, down 1.8%.

The surname Wardlow

An English place surname, carried by 2,985 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W634

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wardlow is more common than 93.4% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English weard (“watchman, guard”) + hlǣw (“mound, hill”).

Wardlow is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,985 people named Wardlow in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 103,432 Americans. That is down 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,039.

#10,706

rank among US surnames

2,985

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

-1.8%

change since 2000 (was #9,820)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,697	Zellers	2,988	103,328
#10,701	Lamkin	2,987	103,363
#10,704	Rugg	2,986	103,398
#10,706	Wardlow	2,985	103,432
#10,708	Ricard	2,984	103,467
#10,711	Shute	2,983	103,502
#10,715	Reading	2,982	103,536

Who is named Wardlow

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

68% of people named Wardlow identified as white (not Hispanic), 26% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 68%
Black (not Hispanic) 26%
Two or more races 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wardlows

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Wardlow
American professional wrestler, born 1988

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Wordlaw

Surnames that sound like Wardlow

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

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Wardlow come from?: From Old English weard (“watchman, guard”) + hlǣw (“mound, hill”).
How common is the surname Wardlow?: 2,985 people in the United States had the surname Wardlow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 103,432 Americans. It ranked 10,706th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wardlow?: In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named Wardlow identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Wardlow?: Wardlow, American professional wrestler.
Where is the surname Wardlow most common?: Wikidata records people named Wardlow in the United States.
What type of surname is Wardlow?: Wardlow is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Wardlow getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,039 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,985 in 2010, down 1.8%.
What are other spellings of Wardlow?: Wordlaw.