Walls Surname
Approximately 64,776 people bear this surname
Walls Surname Definition:
(1) Most probably a form of Wallace, which see. Ibbote Wales, a tenant of the Douglis in Drumcorke, 1376 (RHM., I, p. lvi). John Weles, burgess of Dumfries, and William Wallis in Auchinudane are recorded in 1659 (Dumfries). George Wellis, chapman in Dumfries, 1682, and Jean Walls in Amisfield-toune, 1687 (ibid.
Read More About This SurnameWalls Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 52,156 | 1:6,950 | 819 |
| England | 4,276 | 1:13,030 | 1,916 |
| Canada | 1,944 | 1:18,953 | 2,664 |
| Australia | 1,926 | 1:14,016 | 1,994 |
| Scotland | 1,138 | 1:4,705 | 809 |
| New Zealand | 771 | 1:5,873 | 970 |
| Northern Ireland | 426 | 1:4,331 | 852 |
| Ireland | 348 | 1:13,531 | 1,601 |
| Mexico | 342 | 1:362,942 | 7,517 |
| South Africa | 229 | 1:236,584 | 24,342 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Wales | 128 | 1:24,176 | 2,540 |
| Spain | 115 | 1:406,539 | 22,087 |
| Thailand | 62 | 1:1,139,328 | 167,850 |
| Netherlands | 50 | 1:337,744 | 38,500 |
| Germany | 48 | 1:1,677,197 | 97,745 |
| Finland | 47 | 1:116,951 | 11,447 |
| Sweden | 44 | 1:223,790 | 15,522 |
| Venezuela | 41 | 1:736,685 | 12,312 |
| France | 40 | 1:1,660,568 | 152,033 |
| Guyana | 34 | 1:22,418 | 2,700 |
| United Arab Emirates | 33 | 1:277,645 | 19,302 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Malta | 24 | 1:17,928 | 1,021 |
| India | 23 | 1:33,350,669 | 396,143 |
| Chile | 17 | 1:1,036,263 | 20,476 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Russia | 16 | 1:9,007,691 | 311,782 |
| Denmark | 13 | 1:434,209 | 28,556 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| Zimbabwe | 13 | 1:1,187,557 | 68,998 |
| Guam | 12 | 1:13,343 | 2,098 |
| Bermuda | 10 | 1:6,528 | 1,005 |
| Nicaragua | 10 | 1:602,109 | 3,988 |
| Philippines | 9 | 1:11,248,691 | 221,039 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Italy | 8 | 1:7,644,586 | 115,463 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Czechia | 7 | 1:1,519,067 | 97,842 |
| American Samoa | 6 | 1:9,293 | 1,961 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Japan | 6 | 1:21,307,382 | 48,838 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 1:340,994 | 12,383 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 469 | 1:9,445 | 1,390 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,659 | 1:9,167 | 1,371 |
| Scotland | 936 | 1:3,999 | 637 |
| Wales | 33 | 1:47,528 | 2,451 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:54,269 | 2,077 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7,041 | 1:7,132 | 902 |
Walls (34) may also be a first name.
Walls Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(1) Most probably a form of Wallace, which see. Ibbote Wales, a tenant of the Douglis in Drumcorke, 1376 (RHM., I, p. lvi). John Weles, burgess of Dumfries, and William Wallis in Auchinudane are recorded in 1659 (Dumfries). George Wellis, chapman in Dumfries, 1682, and Jean Walls in Amisfield-toune, 1687 (ibid.). John Walls and Halbert Walls were examined for the Test in Tinwald, 1685 (RPC., 3. ser. XI, p. 433,434). (2) An Orcadian surname from the island of the same name. Donald Wawis was tacksman of Manclett, Wawis, in 1492, and John Wales was a witness in Kirkwall in 1565 (REO., p. 282,409). The name is still current in Orkney.
Ph, and genit., of Wall, q.v.
(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.
1. From residence hard by, or upon, a town wall. The forms in the XIII. and XIV. centuries were Atte-Wall, Super le Wal, De la Walle, &c. 2. It was also an old personal name, spelt in Domesday Walle. See also under Wallis.
Walls Demographics
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Religious Adherence
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Walls Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Walls Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Walls occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Walls? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,763rd most frequently held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 112,504 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 84 percent of Walls are found; 84 percent are found in North America and 83 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,775,424th most numerous first name in the world, held by 34 people.
Walls is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 52,156 people, or 1 in 6,950. In The United States Walls is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 8 percent are found, Georgia, where 7 percent are found and California, where 6 percent are found. Besides The United States it occurs in 102 countries. It is also common in England, where 7 percent are found and Canada, where 3 percent are found.
Walls Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Walls has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 741 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 161 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 122 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it decreased 26 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 388 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Walls Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Catholic (78%) in Ireland.
In The United States Walls are 10.5% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.27% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Walls earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 31.77% less than the national average, earning 236,131 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 74.99% more than the national average, earning R 415,836 per year; in United States they earn 8.86% less than the national average, earning $39,326 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.12% less than the national average, earning $49,622 CAD per year.
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