How common is the surname Wolters?

3,773 people in the United States had the surname Wolters in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,830 Americans. It ranked 8,700th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wolters?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Wolters identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Wolters?

Kara Wolters, American basketball player (born 1975), followed by Nate Wolters.

Where is the surname Wolters most common?

Wikidata records people named Wolters in the United States.

Is the surname Wolters getting more or less common?

More common. 3,504 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,773 in 2010, up 7.7%.

The surname Wolters

A surname, carried by 3,773 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W436

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wolters is more common than 94.6% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,773 people named Wolters in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 81,830 Americans. That is up 7.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,504.

#8,700

rank among US surnames

3,773

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+7.7%

change since 2000 (was #8,640)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,694	Veras	3,776	81,765
#8,695	Nicks	3,775	81,787
#8,697	Traver	3,774	81,809
#8,700	Andujar	3,773	81,830
#8,704	Shahan	3,772	81,852
#8,705	Avilez	3,771	81,874
#8,706	Kallas	3,770	81,895

Who is named Wolters

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

93% of people named Wolters identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wolterss

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kara Wolters
American basketball player (born 1975)
Nate Wolters
American basketball player (born 1991)
Tod D. Wolters
American Air Force general, born 1960
Frederick Wolters
American field hockey player (1904–1990)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wolters

Wolters 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 Wolters?: 3,773 people in the United States had the surname Wolters in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,830 Americans. It ranked 8,700th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wolters?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Wolters identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Wolters?: Kara Wolters, American basketball player (born 1975), followed by Nate Wolters.
Where is the surname Wolters most common?: Wikidata records people named Wolters in the United States.
Is the surname Wolters getting more or less common?: More common. 3,504 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,773 in 2010, up 7.7%.