# Weld (surname)

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

A surname from Old English possibly deriving from the Old English word for woodland. The family is mainly located in the Southern regions of England.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,218 |
| US rank (2010) | 21,459 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 253,486 people |
| Change since 2000 | -6.8% (1,307 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Weld 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Weld in the United States.

## People named Weld

- Tuesday Weld, American actress
- Bill Weld, American politician, Governor of Massachusetts (1991-1997)
- Theresa Weld, American figure skater
- Theodore Dwight Weld, American abolitionist (1803–1895)

## Similar surnames

Wild, Wold, Welty, Wald, Weldy, Welte, Willett, Wilde, Wilhite, Wilt, Waldo, Willette.

## 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.