# Weldon (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 14,538 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,481 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 21,237 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.7% (14,025 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈwɛl.dən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Weldon 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) | 80% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Weldon in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United Kingdom.

## People named Weldon

- Joan Weldon, American actress (1930–2021)
- Walter Frank Raphael Weldon, British evolutionary biologist (1860-1906)
- Dave Weldon, American politician
- Francis Weldon, British equestrian (1913-1993)
- Curt Weldon, American politician (born 1947)
- Frederick W. Leslie, American astronaut

## Similar surnames

Welton, Waldon, Welden, Walton, Walden, Waldman, Waltman, Wildman, Wilton, Waldner, Wilding, Walding.

## 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.