Walts Surname

287,524th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,335 people bear this surname

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

Walts Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Walts Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2811:282,95026,340
Canada321:1,151,42583,867
England51:11,143,612252,590
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
China21:683,660,78330,601
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland51:885,97323,404
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England301:812,51235,970
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3961:126,81512,228

Walts (13) may also be a first name.

Walts Last Name Facts

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

The last name Walts is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Walts click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Walts? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 287,524th most commonly held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 5,458,836 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Walts reside; 98 percent reside in North America and 98 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Walts is also the 3,159,357th most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 13 people.

Walts is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 1,281 people, or 1 in 282,950. In The United States Walts is most common in: New York, where 22 percent reside, Texas, where 19 percent reside and Indiana, where 8 percent reside. Barring The United States this surname occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 2 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Walts Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Walts has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Walts surname increased 323 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 83 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Walts Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Walts surname is primarily Methodist (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Walts surname are 18.41% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 65.18% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Walts earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 4.69% more than the national average, earning $45,173 USD per year and in Canada they earn 33.28% more than the national average, earning $66,218 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wallts913/
Waltzs911/
Waltts911/
Walths911/
Waults910/
Waalts910/
Waldts910/
Waltse910/
Waltsch834/
Waltz8011,128/
Valts80658/
Balts80230/
Wolts8086/
Walds8011/
Valdts733,864/
Vaults7334/
Waltze7323/
Waltch7319/
Bealts7315/
Valtts7315/
Waldås736/
Woldts733/
Walltz732/
Wallzs732/
Waltrz731/
Wealtz731/
Watltz731/
Whelts730/
Hualts730/
Wealds730/
Baltts730/
Woolts730/
Woltzs730/
Walz6731,103/
Walc67358/
Baltsch6748/
Vealets6714/
Wheelts672/
Vaultzs671/
Vasilts671/
Wahaltz670/
Wallsci670/

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Walts Reference & Research

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Walts/Waltz FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Walts
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