Weldon

Weldon is the 2,620th most common surname in the United States, shared by 13,452 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 22,200.

By the numbers

People: 13,452
Rank: 2,620th
How common: 1 in 22,200
Per 100,000: 4.5

Who bears the name

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

White, not Hispanic 77.6%
Black, not Hispanic 13.2%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.1%
Hispanic or Latino 3.8%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.8%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.6%

Notable people called Weldon

Fay Weldon (1931–2023)British writer
Joan Weldon (1930–2021)American actress
Walter Frank Raphael Weldon (1860–1906)British evolutionary biologist
Weldon (born 1980)Brazilian footballer
Caroline Weldon (1844–1921)American activist
Dave Weldon (born 1953)American politician

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

Surnames like Weldon

Also a first name

Weldon has been given to 14,274 American babies as a first name since 1881, peaking in 1920. 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.