Walden Surname

12,354th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45,463 people bear this surname

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

Walden Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Walden,' a well - known and ancient town in Essex, now Saffron Walden. A monastery at Walden gave impetus to the surname. This I have found to be commonly the case. Two parishes, also in Hertfordshire, have helped, no doubt, to swell the total.

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Walden Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States33,9431:10,6781,306
England3,9431:14,1312,083
Australia1,8661:14,4672,050
Germany1,5291:52,6526,848
Canada9031:40,8045,090
New Zealand6341:7,1421,215
Finland2881:19,0862,720
Ghana2771:97,5489,187
South Africa2601:208,37622,133
Suriname1921:2,878463
Pakistan1791:998,01112,969
Wales1551:19,9652,115
Argentina1501:284,95622,842
Jamaica1271:22,5981,886
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Sweden791:124,6428,853
Israel731:117,22812,979
Austria721:118,27016,587
Scotland671:79,9085,892
Poland571:666,82057,730
Netherlands551:307,04036,360
Switzerland481:171,10215,661
Guernsey441:1,465311
Chile421:419,44011,239
France411:1,620,066149,911
Panama311:126,2024,409
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Thailand161:4,414,897343,519
Zimbabwe151:1,029,21663,831
Northern Ireland151:123,0027,073
United Arab Emirates151:610,81823,687
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Belgium141:821,18966,436
Norway141:367,30634,015
Denmark131:434,20928,556
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Jersey121:8,2671,718
Spain121:3,896,00372,236
China81:170,915,1968,932
Tanzania81:6,617,70268,742
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Belarus61:1,583,51089,472
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Norfolk Island51:459108
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Anguilla41:3,359324
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Georgia31:1,248,51528,066
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Yemen21:13,212,64740,633
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Cook Islands11:18,1791,485
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland111:402,71514,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,1141:11,5301,761
Wales461:34,0961,856
Jersey241:2,162357
Scotland121:311,9359,798
Guernsey41:8,1641,328
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,5391:11,0641,440

The alternate forms: Waldén (326) & Waldèn (1) are calculated separately.

Walden (2,221) may also be a first name.

Walden Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Walden,' a well - known and ancient town in Essex, now Saffron Walden. A monastery at Walden gave impetus to the surname. This I have found to be commonly the case. Two parishes, also in Hertfordshire, have helped, no doubt, to swell the total.

Alice de Waledene, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Richard de Waledene, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

John de Waledene, Buckinghamshire, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

(2) Bapt. 'the son of Waldron.' Naturally and easily corrupted to Waldin and Walding, now Walden.

Walden fil. Gospatrick, Cambridgeshire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

Thomas Waldyng, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Johannes Waldyng, 1370: ibid.

1573. Thomas Walden, Christ Church: Register of the University of Oxford.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) 1 belonging to Walden, 13th cent. usually Waleden(e = (a) the Forest- Valley [Old English w(e)ald, a forest + denu, a valley] Abbas de Waleden (Essex).—Charter-Rolls, A.D. 1234-5.

(b) the Welshmen’s Valley [Old English Weala, genit. pl. of Wealth, a Welshman, foreigner] Walden, Herts, e.g., occurs repeatedly as Wealadenu (dat., ‘on Wealadene’) in an Anglo-Saxon deed ('Dipl. Angl.’, pp. 649-50).

2 the Anglo-Saxon pers. name W(e)alden = Ruler, Governor [Old English w(e)alden(d] Walden son Gospatrick.—Testa de Nevill.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Walden (the valley of the Britons), the name of several places in England; dweller in a forested valley; descendant of Walden (power, little).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Parishes, &c., in cos. Essex, Hertford, York, &c.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

(Saxon and German) A wood, a woody place.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

A location name in Yorkshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Walden Last Name Facts

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

The last name Walden (Arabic: والدن, Hindi: वाल्डन) occurs most in The United States. It may be found in the variant forms: Waldén or Waldèn. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Walden? popularity and diffusion

It is the 12,354th most prevalent surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 160,296 people. Walden is mostly found in The Americas, where 78 percent of Walden live; 77 percent live in North America and 76 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 158,632nd most frequent given name world-wide, held by 2,221 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 33,943 people, or 1 in 10,678. In The United States Walden is mostly found in: Georgia, where 13 percent are found, Texas, where 9 percent are found and Florida, where 7 percent are found. Barring The United States it is found in 80 countries. It is also found in England, where 9 percent are found and Australia, where 4 percent are found.

Walden Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Walden has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Walden last name rose 748 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 187 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 337 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 558 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 127 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Walden Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Catholic (73%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Walden surname are 19.4% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66.17% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Walden earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 14.74% less than the national average, earning 295,084 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 28.59% more than the national average, earning R 305,580 per year; in United States they earn 3.33% less than the national average, earning $41,711 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.23% more than the national average, earning $54,267 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Waldén94326/
Waldèn941/
Wallden92460/
Waldien9286/
Waldeen9210/
Wahlden926/
Waldenn921/
Whalden920/
Waulden920/
Waldn912/
Hwaldeen8612/
Waldenth861/
Wolden831,296/
Balden83811/
Waldin83408/
Valden83161/
Waldyn8347/
Waldem8339/
Walldn8312/
Waldne833/
Waldnn830/
Waldenová804/
Walldén77820/
Whelden77251/
Wahldén7780/
Walldin7762/
Vallden7728/
Baldeen7713/
Wahldin7713/
Baulden7710/
Woldøen777/
Waldäng774/
Walldèn772/
Valdeen771/
Wahldèn771/
Ballden771/
Valdeun771/
Bealden771/
Baalden770/
Bailden770/
Woolden770/
Waildin770/
Wholden770/
Weilden770/
Wealdin770/
Baldn734/
Woldn731/
Wheelden71183/
Wahaldin711/
Wheilden711/
Whalding710/
Whealdin710/
Waulding710/
Bolden6727,499/
Baldin6713,868/
Volden672,506/
Valdin67708/
Baldyn67280/
Woldin6774/
Valdén6748/
Valdem6744/
Woldén679/
Woldem677/
Uolden672/
Valdenova671/
Ualdin671/
Baldín671/
Baldén671/
Woldyn671/
Valdyn671/

Walden Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Walden in the Hindi language
वाल्डनvaldana-
Walden in the Arabic language
والدنwaldn-
الدنaldn-

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Walden Reference & Research

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