Wardell

Wardell is the 8,465th most common surname in the United States, shared by 3,744 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 79,800.

By the numbers

People: 3,744
Rank: 8,465th
How common: 1 in 79,800
Per 100,000: 1.3

Who bears the name

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

White, not Hispanic 82.2%
Black, not Hispanic 10.5%
Hispanic or Latino 3.6%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 2.7%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.7%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.3%

Surnames like Wardell

Also a first name

Wardell has been given to 4,326 American babies as a first name since 1896, peaking in 1950. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

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.