How common is the surname Weld?

1,218 people in the United States had the surname Weld in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 253,486 Americans. It ranked 21,459th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Weld?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Weld identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Weld?

Tuesday Weld, American actress, followed by Bill Weld.

Where is the surname Weld most common?

Wikidata records people named Weld in the United States.

Is the surname Weld getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,307 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,218 in 2010, down 6.8%.

The surname Weld

A surname, carried by 1,218 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex W430

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Weld is more common than 86.8% of them.

Origin

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.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,218 people named Weld in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 253,486 Americans. That is down 6.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,307.

#21,459

rank among US surnames

1,218

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-6.8%

change since 2000 (was #19,208)

Who is named Weld

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

92% of people named Weld identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Welds

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tuesday Weld
American actress, born 1943
Bill Weld
American politician, Governor of Massachusetts (1991-1997)
Theresa Weld
American figure skater, 1893–1978
Theodore Dwight Weld
American abolitionist (1803–1895)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Weld

Weld has the Soundex code W430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W430.

Questions

How common is the surname Weld?: 1,218 people in the United States had the surname Weld in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 253,486 Americans. It ranked 21,459th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Weld?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Weld identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Weld?: Tuesday Weld, American actress, followed by Bill Weld.
Where is the surname Weld most common?: Wikidata records people named Weld in the United States.
Is the surname Weld getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,307 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,218 in 2010, down 6.8%.