Wall Surname
Approximately 141,357 people bear this surname
Wall Surname Definition:
(English) Dweller at 1 a Wall [Old English w(e)all (Latin uall-um] 2 a Well [Middle English and Dialectal English wall(e, a well or spring; for Middle English well(e, Old English welle, wiella, &c.] The surnames ‘atte Wall(e,’ ‘de la Wall(e,' &c.
Read More About This SurnameWall Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 76,011 | 1:4,769 | 527 |
| England | 19,866 | 1:2,805 | 372 |
| Canada | 12,390 | 1:2,974 | 374 |
| Australia | 9,662 | 1:2,794 | 385 |
| Germany | 4,706 | 1:17,107 | 2,257 |
| Ireland | 4,345 | 1:1,084 | 212 |
| Sweden | 3,224 | 1:3,054 | 292 |
| Mexico | 1,707 | 1:72,716 | 3,198 |
| New Zealand | 1,693 | 1:2,675 | 382 |
| Wales | 1,340 | 1:2,309 | 249 |
| South Africa | 667 | 1:81,226 | 10,025 |
| Brazil | 426 | 1:502,522 | 18,942 |
| Poland | 396 | 1:95,982 | 14,687 |
| Scotland | 370 | 1:14,470 | 1,837 |
| Austria | 360 | 1:23,654 | 3,707 |
| Chile | 313 | 1:56,283 | 2,452 |
| Argentina | 291 | 1:146,885 | 12,431 |
| France | 250 | 1:265,691 | 40,939 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| Finland | 208 | 1:26,426 | 3,619 |
| Spain | 181 | 1:258,299 | 16,363 |
| Bolivia | 180 | 1:58,980 | 2,964 |
| Paraguay | 160 | 1:45,230 | 1,349 |
| Liberia | 158 | 1:27,902 | 2,699 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Russia | 143 | 1:1,007,854 | 77,587 |
| Netherlands | 136 | 1:124,170 | 19,427 |
| Dominican Republic | 92 | 1:113,401 | 4,751 |
| Northern Ireland | 88 | 1:20,966 | 2,489 |
| Portugal | 85 | 1:122,568 | 5,627 |
| Peru | 80 | 1:397,302 | 12,780 |
| Papua New Guinea | 75 | 1:108,716 | 14,715 |
| Belize | 72 | 1:4,937 | 872 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 68 | 1:20,058 | 2,346 |
| Bahamas | 65 | 1:6,027 | 567 |
| Norway | 57 | 1:90,216 | 12,446 |
| Barbados | 56 | 1:5,133 | 590 |
| Denmark | 50 | 1:112,894 | 10,491 |
| China | 47 | 1:29,091,948 | 1,546 |
| India | 41 | 1:18,708,912 | 282,725 |
| Iran | 38 | 1:2,020,593 | 71,790 |
| Guam | 37 | 1:4,328 | 556 |
| Switzerland | 37 | 1:221,971 | 18,930 |
| Jamaica | 33 | 1:86,968 | 3,873 |
| Qatar | 31 | 1:76,064 | 7,685 |
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| Malaysia | 27 | 1:1,092,379 | 48,277 |
| Israel | 26 | 1:329,140 | 27,831 |
| Kazakhstan | 26 | 1:680,096 | 45,825 |
| Jersey | 24 | 1:4,133 | 843 |
| Guernsey | 22 | 1:2,929 | 767 |
| Luxembourg | 20 | 1:29,027 | 5,175 |
| Pakistan | 19 | 1:9,402,310 | 46,838 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 18 | 1:5,510 | 685 |
| Grenada | 18 | 1:6,030 | 654 |
| Malta | 18 | 1:23,904 | 1,289 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 18 | 1:6,132 | 931 |
| Zimbabwe | 18 | 1:857,680 | 57,134 |
| Hong Kong | 17 | 1:431,499 | 3,260 |
| Philippines | 17 | 1:5,955,190 | 180,670 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Curaçao | 14 | 1:11,232 | 389 |
| Slovakia | 14 | 1:381,175 | 50,143 |
| Belarus | 13 | 1:730,851 | 59,297 |
| Italy | 13 | 1:4,704,361 | 107,811 |
| United Arab Emirates | 13 | 1:704,790 | 25,221 |
| Venezuela | 13 | 1:2,323,391 | 26,733 |
| Czechia | 12 | 1:886,122 | 73,425 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Mauritania | 12 | 1:341,239 | 14,334 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| American Samoa | 11 | 1:5,069 | 1,123 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 11 | 1:10,242 | 786 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| Bermuda | 10 | 1:6,528 | 1,005 |
| Isle of Man | 10 | 1:8,582 | 1,778 |
| South Sudan | 9 | 1:1,268,342 | 1,210 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| Vietnam | 9 | 1:10,294,006 | 2,767 |
| Japan | 8 | 1:15,980,537 | 47,042 |
| Lesotho | 8 | 1:254,070 | 15,268 |
| Taiwan | 8 | 1:2,930,593 | 17,989 |
| Colombia | 7 | 1:6,824,867 | 22,056 |
| Gibraltar | 6 | 1:5,659 | 991 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Guatemala | 5 | 1:3,216,534 | 7,141 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Ecuador | 4 | 1:3,976,462 | 28,589 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Guyana | 4 | 1:190,555 | 9,777 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Moldova | 4 | 1:890,342 | 46,069 |
| Myanmar | 4 | 1:12,984,496 | 1,309 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1:12,810,064 | 2,073 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Cook Islands | 3 | 1:6,060 | 1,122 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1:1,409,535 | 70,997 |
| Puerto Rico | 3 | 1:1,183,380 | 5,289 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| British Virgin Islands | 2 | 1:15,797 | 839 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Uruguay | 2 | 1:1,715,879 | 35,955 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Montserrat | 1 | 1:4,947 | 471 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2,691 | 1:1,646 | 314 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 10,012 | 1:2,435 | 344 |
| Wales | 413 | 1:3,798 | 258 |
| Scotland | 69 | 1:54,250 | 3,600 |
| Jersey | 17 | 1:3,052 | 493 |
| Isle of Man | 5 | 1:10,854 | 1,028 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14,998 | 1:3,348 | 397 |
Wall (659) may also be a first name.
Wall Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English) Dweller at 1 a Wall [Old English w(e)all (Latin uall-um] 2 a Well [Middle English and Dialectal English wall(e, a well or spring; for Middle English well(e, Old English welle, wiella, &c.] The surnames ‘atte Wall(e,’ ‘de la Wall(e,' &c., are pretty common in our 13th-14th cent. rolls. The village of Wall, Northumb., is near the Roman Wall. Wall, Staffs, is on the site of a Roman station.
I.e. Norman dc Valle gaelicized as de Bhál. Also called Faltagh. This is one of the hibernicized Norman families, the many branches of which were settled in the country between Limerick and Waterford. IF 280; MIF 276; Map Lim
(English) Dweller at, or near, a wall such as the old Roman wall; dweller at, or near, a spring or stream; one who came from Wall (on the Roman wall, or near a stream), the name of several places in England; dweller at, or near, a pool or bog.
See Walls, to which it is ordinarily pluralized.
"John at the Wall"—John Wall.
Nicholas and Odo de Muro, Normandy 1180 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Gilbert de Walle, John de la Walle, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum); Robert de Vallo, Warwick 1165 (Rot. Pip.).
Or de Valle. Ralph, Henry, Robert, Warin, Goscelin, Saifred, William, Richard de Valle, Normandy 1189-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Robert de Valle, Ralph and Richard de Valeia, Engl. c. 1198 (Rotuli Curiae Regis).
A location name in Staffordshire.
User-submitted Reference
The Wall name has origins in Normandy. William de Wall was one of strongbow captains in the invasion of England/Ireland. The Wall name is connected to the surname Du Val. Du Val has its origins in Normandy as well. My ancestors came directly from Durham England and settled in New Zealand as farmers. I have been told my family were supposed to be keepers of Hadrian's Wall, hence living close to the wall, with origins in Durham. From study I have done on Hadrian's Wall I found there was a mixed bag of races working on the wall hundreds of years ago. This is due to the Roman army building the wall. With this in mind there could be multiple people with the Wall surname; not because that is their real ancestry, but because they worked on or near Hadrian's Wall.
In the 1970s my father received a letter from the people in Ireland stating any Wall family can lay clam to certain castles in Ireland. The Wall surname is not always connected to the Walls surname.
- dwall081263Wall Demographics
Average Wall Salary in
United States
$44,043 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wall Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wall Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wall (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺍﻝ) is found most frequently in The United States. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Wall.
How Common Is The Last Name Wall? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wall is the 3,968th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 51,554 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 60 percent of Wall are found; 59 percent are found in North America and 57 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Wall is also the 323,427th most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 659 people.
It is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 76,011 people, or 1 in 4,769. In The United States Wall is most frequent in: North Carolina, where 11 percent live, Texas, where 9 percent live and California, where 8 percent live. Not including The United States Wall occurs in 157 countries. It is also common in England, where 14 percent live and Canada, where 9 percent live.
Wall Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wall has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wall last name rose 507 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 198 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 161 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Wales it rose 324 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 536 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wall Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Catholic (96%) in Ireland and Orthodox (83%) in Russia.
In The United States Wall are 14.43% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 61.2% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Wall earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 8.16% more than the national average, earning 374,316 kr per year; in Peru they earn 54.09% less than the national average, earning S/. 8,899 per year; in South Africa they earn 69.86% more than the national average, earning R 403,656 per year; in United States they earn 2.07% more than the national average, earning $44,043 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.01% less than the national average, earning $47,194 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walle | 89 | 20,489 | / |
| Whall | 89 | 1,045 | / |
| Weall | 89 | 372 | / |
| Waill | 89 | 82 | / |
| Wahll | 89 | 70 | / |
| Wallh | 89 | 20 | / |
| Waall | 89 | 16 | / |
| Wuall | 89 | 15 | / |
| Åwall | 89 | 13 | / |
| Wallø | 89 | 8 | / |
| Walhl | 89 | 2 | / |
| Walll | 89 | 0 | / |
| Waull | 89 | 0 | / |
| Wal | 86 | 84,293 | / |
| Waille | 80 | 251 | / |
| Walløe | 80 | 112 | / |
| Waßill | 80 | 24 | / |
| Wahall | 80 | 16 | / |
| Whalle | 80 | 7 | / |
| Waalle | 80 | 6 | / |
| Watell | 80 | 5 | / |
| Wualle | 80 | 4 | / |
| Waulle | 80 | 3 | / |
| Wallzs | 80 | 2 | / |
| Åhwall | 80 | 2 | / |
| Walgli | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wallle | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wealle | 80 | 1 | / |
| D'Wall | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wahlle | 80 | 0 | / |
| Ball | 75 | 198,448 | / |
| Wahl | 75 | 53,907 | / |
| Wale | 75 | 41,397 | / |
| Vall | 75 | 33,275 | / |
| Woll | 75 | 6,688 | / |
| Wail | 75 | 4,816 | / |
| Weal | 75 | 2,550 | / |
| Waal | 75 | 2,518 | / |
| Walh | 75 | 489 | / |
| Waul | 75 | 431 | / |
| Whal | 75 | 54 | / |
| Walø | 75 | 21 | / |
| Wayl | 75 | 11 | / |
| Hwal | 75 | 9 | / |
| Uall | 75 | 9 | / |
| Wual | 75 | 6 | / |
| Wajl | 75 | 6 | / |
| Walÿ | 75 | 1 | / |
| Walź | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wallová | 73 | 85 | / |
| Wealleh | 73 | 37 | / |
| Wasséll | 73 | 5 | / |
| Wallova | 73 | 3 | / |
| Weatell | 73 | 1 | / |
| Geewall | 73 | 1 | / |
| Waszill | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wahgill | 73 | 1 | / |
| Whaulle | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wausell | 73 | 0 | / |
| Waggill | 73 | 0 | / |
| Weasell | 73 | 0 | / |
| Valle | 67 | 290,323 | / |
| Beall | 67 | 15,051 | / |
| Whale | 67 | 5,651 | / |
| Weill | 67 | 3,390 | / |
| Weale | 67 | 1,904 | / |
| Wolle | 67 | 1,362 | / |
| Wheal | 67 | 961 | / |
| Wahal | 67 | 680 | / |
| Waile | 67 | 545 | / |
| Veall | 67 | 422 | / |
| Waale | 67 | 411 | / |
| Vaill | 67 | 324 | / |
| Wahul | 67 | 314 | / |
| Åvall | 67 | 277 | / |
| Ballh | 67 | 247 | / |
| Wooll | 67 | 208 | / |
| Wagli | 67 | 159 | / |
| Walhe | 67 | 127 | / |
| Baill | 67 | 120 | / |
| Weyll | 67 | 120 | / |
| Uhall | 67 | 103 | / |
| Waitl | 67 | 102 | / |
| Whaul | 67 | 59 | / |
| Baull | 67 | 37 | / |
| Uallh | 67 | 37 | / |
| Bajll | 67 | 36 | / |
| Vallø | 67 | 31 | / |
| Wayle | 67 | 27 | / |
| Waule | 67 | 25 | / |
| Vallt | 67 | 20 | / |
| Wahlh | 67 | 20 | / |
| Waldh | 67 | 18 | / |
| Hvall | 67 | 14 | / |
| Wholl | 67 | 14 | / |
| Wahlø | 67 | 12 | / |
| Hwail | 67 | 11 | / |
| Bahll | 67 | 11 | / |
| Hwale | 67 | 9 | / |
| Waisl | 67 | 8 | / |
| Wallehed | 67 | 8 | / |
| Øvall | 67 | 7 | / |
| Waltå | 67 | 6 | / |
| Wollt | 67 | 5 | / |
| Baall | 67 | 5 | / |
| Whachell | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wolld | 67 | 4 | / |
| Uahll | 67 | 4 | / |
| Balll | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wohll | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wault | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wealh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Valll | 67 | 2 | / |
| Waail | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wahyl | 67 | 2 | / |
| Walhh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Whayl | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bayll | 67 | 1 | / |
| Walpp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Walzz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waahl | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waichell | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wwale | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wollh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wayld | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ualle | 67 | 1 | / |
| V'All | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vaall | 67 | 1 | / |
| Huall | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wolll | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wollp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vallì | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vallė | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wauhl | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waschüll | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wahlt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vwale | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vuall | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wajlh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wuale | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ballì | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hball | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weull | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wahld | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wwayl | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hwalt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whail | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wahtl | 67 | 0 | / |
| Weahl | 67 | 0 | / |
| Vaull | 67 | 0 | / |
Wall Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wall in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﺍﻝ | wal | 80 |
| ﺍﻟﻮﺍﻝ | alwal | 20 |
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