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    The surname Wolter

    A surname, carried by 4,511 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W436

    Wolter: #7,384 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wolter #7,384, 4,511 people Wolter: #7,384 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wolter #7,384, 4,511 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wolter is more common than 95.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,511 people named Wolter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 68,443 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,353.

    #7,384
    rank among US surnames
    4,511
    people in 2010
    1.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.6%
    change since 2000 (was #7,085)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,381Bhatia4,51568,382
    #7,382Schlabach4,51468,397
    #7,383Gama4,51368,412
    #7,384Shanley4,51168,443
    #7,386McCowan4,51068,458

    Who is named Wolter

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

    96% of people named Wolter identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Wolters

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Charlotte Wolter
      Austrian actress (1834-1897)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wolter

    Wolter has the Soundex code W436, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W436.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Wolter?
    4,511 people in the United States had the surname Wolter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,443 Americans. It ranked 7,384th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wolter?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wolter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Wolter?
    Charlotte Wolter, Austrian actress (1834-1897).
    Where is the surname Wolter most common?
    Wikidata records people named Wolter in the Kingdom of Prussia.
    Is the surname Wolter getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,353 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,511 in 2010, up 3.6%.