# Wold (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/wold/  
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) | 5,631 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,091 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 54,830 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.4% (5,555 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a Norwegian surname, spelling variant of Vold, Voll. * As an English surname, from wold (“forest”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Wold 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Wold in the United States.

## People named Wold

- John S. Wold, American politician (1916-2017)

## Similar surnames

Wild, Wald, Weld, Willett, Wilde, Wilhite, Wilt, Welty, Waldo, Willette, Willhite, Wilhoit.

## 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.