Walkup Surname

112,254th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,129 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Walkup Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Walkup Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,9901:90,84210,205
Mexico571:2,177,65319,559
England371:1,505,89364,828
Scotland211:254,94412,577
Israel201:427,88233,464
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England181:1,354,18747,798
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8231:61,0196,703

Walkup (14) may also be a first name.

Walkup Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Walkup Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Walkup is found most in The United States. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Walkup.

How Common Is The Last Name Walkup? popularity and diffusion

The last name Walkup is the 112,254th most numerous surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,764,966 people. The surname Walkup occurs mostly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Walkup live; 98 percent live in North America and 97 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,024,661st most commonly occurring forename world-wide It is held by 14 people.

The surname Walkup is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 3,990 people, or 1 in 90,842. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: California, where 9 percent reside, Oklahoma, where 8 percent reside and Texas, where 8 percent reside. Barring The United States it exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Mexico, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Walkup Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Walkup has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Walkup surname grew 485 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 206 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Walkup Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Walkup surname are 16.29% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 63.06% being registered with the party.

Walkup earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.44% less than the national average, earning $42,527 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Waulkup920/
Walkups920/
Walkoup920/
Walcup830/
Valkup830/
Balkup830/
Walkub830/
Balkuv67115/
Walkob671/
Valcoup621/
Volkupova531/
Volkuv501/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Walkup
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