How common is the surname Wold?

5,631 people in the United States had the surname Wold in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,830 Americans. It ranked 6,091st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wold?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Wold identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Wold?

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

Where is the surname Wold most common?

Wikidata records people named Wold in the United States.

Is the surname Wold getting more or less common?

More common. 5,555 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,631 in 2010, up 1.4%.

The surname Wold

A surname, carried by 5,631 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). Wold is more common than 96.2% of them.

Origin

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,631 people named Wold in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 54,830 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,555.

#6,091

rank among US surnames

5,631

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+1.4%

change since 2000 (was #5,723)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,084	Kwong	5,637	54,771
#6,087	Hollinger	5,634	54,800
#6,088	Laguna	5,633	54,810
#6,091	Worsham	5,631	54,830
#6,093	Tolson	5,630	54,839
#6,094	Brenneman	5,629	54,849

Who is named Wold

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

94% of people named Wold identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wolds

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

John S. Wold
American politician (1916-2017)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wold

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

Questions

Where does the surname Wold come from?: * As a Norwegian surname, spelling variant of Vold, Voll. * As an English surname, from wold (“forest”).
How common is the surname Wold?: 5,631 people in the United States had the surname Wold in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,830 Americans. It ranked 6,091st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wold?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Wold identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Wold?: John S. Wold, American politician (1916-2017).
Where is the surname Wold most common?: Wikidata records people named Wold in the United States.
Is the surname Wold getting more or less common?: More common. 5,555 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,631 in 2010, up 1.4%.