Walters

Walters is the 307th most common surname in the United States, shared by 100,790 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 2,966.

By the numbers

People: 100,790
Rank: 307th
How common: 1 in 2,966
Per 100,000: 33.7

Where the name comes from

Origin a given name

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

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

White, not Hispanic 79.5%
Black, not Hispanic 11.5%
Hispanic or Latino 3.7%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.7%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.8%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.7%

Notable people called Walters

Barbara Walters (1929–2022)American broadcast journalist
Julie Walters (born 1950)British actress
Jonathan Walters (born 1983)Irish footballer
Shu-Aib Walters (born 1981)South African footballer
Charles Walters (1911–1982)American film director and choreographer
Minette Walters (born 1949)British crime writer
Vernon A. Walters (1917–2002)United States general
Melora Walters (born 1959)American actress

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

Surnames like Walters

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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.