Wahl

12,716 people in the United States were counted with the surname Wahl in the 2020 census, making it the 2,760th most common in the country. That is about one person in 23,500.

By the numbers

People: 12,716
Rank: 2,760th
How common: 1 in 23,500
Per 100,000: 4.3

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Wahl described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 91.8%
Hispanic or Latino 3.3%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.0%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 1.0%
Black, not Hispanic 0.6%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.3%

Notable people called Wahl

Edgar de Wahl (1867–1948)Estonian teacher and linguist
Jean Wahl (1888–1974)French philosopher
Ken Wahl (born 1954)American actor
Mats Wahl (1945–2025)Swedish writer
Arthur Wahl (1917–2006)American chemist
Grant Wahl (1973–2022)American sportswriter
Tyson Wahl (born 1984)American soccer player
Frank-Michael Wahl (born 1956)German handball player

People named Wahl with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Wahl

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.