# Wolk (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/wolk/  
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 | Czech |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,527 |
| US rank (2010) | 12,303 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 122,179 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.2% (2,472 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the German surname, from a Low German form of Walter. Also Germanized from a Slavic name, from Czech and Slovene Volk. Also spelled as Wölk.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Wolk 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) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Wolk in the United States.

## People named Wolk

- James Wolk, American actor
- Ivy Wolk, American actress and comedian

## Similar surnames

Wilk, Walk, Welk, Wolak, Wolski, Wallace, Wells, Willis, Welch, Walsh, Walls, Welsh.

## 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.