Walther

Walther is the 5,651st most common surname in the United States, shared by 5,913 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 50,500.

By the numbers

People: 5,913
Rank: 5,651st
How common: 1 in 50,500
Per 100,000: 2.0

Where the name comes from

Origin German

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

Who bears the name

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

White, not Hispanic 90.2%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.0%
Hispanic or Latino 3.8%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.9%
Black, not Hispanic 0.7%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.3%

Notable people called Walther

Johann Gottfried Walther (1684–1748)German musician and composer
Johannes Walther (1860–1937)German geologist
Martina Walther (born 1963)East German rower
Hertha von Walther (1903–1987)German actress
Gesine Walther (born 1962)East German sprinter
Johann Jakob Walther (1650–1717)German violinist and composer
Carl Walther (1858–1915)German gunsmith
Nico Walther (born 1990)German bobsledder

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

Surnames like Walther

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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.