Walp Surname

318,721st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,174 people bear this surname

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

Walp Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Walp Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1651:311,12428,524
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
England21:27,859,030389,889
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3001:167,39615,152

Walp (12) may also be a first name.

Walp Last Name Facts

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

The last name Walp occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Walp? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 318,721st most common family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 6,207,450 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Walp reside; 99 percent reside in North America and 99 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Walp is also the 3,306,491st most commonly held forename globally, held by 12 people.

The last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 1,165 people, or 1 in 311,124. In The United States it is most common in: Pennsylvania, where 19 percent are found, Ohio, where 9 percent are found and Tennessee, where 9 percent are found. Aside from The United States this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Walp Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Walp has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Walp last name expanded 388 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Walp Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Walp last name are 23.27% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 70.04% registered with the party.

Walp earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.99% less than the national average, earning $40,995 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Walpe89211/
Walph892/
Walpz891/
Walpp891/
Wallpe80257/
Wailep801/
Balp75521/
Walb75164/
Valp7531/
Wolp7526/
Wolpe67472/
Wolph67123/
Balph6788/
Wolpp6743/
Valpe6735/
Walbø674/
Wolpz672/
Wojlp671/
Wallv671/
Wealb671/
Wollp671/
Balbp670/
Woolp670/
Whelp670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Walp
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