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Wall

in the US

There are 46,061 people with the last name "Wall" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Wall 517
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  1. is 513th most common Carson
  2. is 514th most common Wilcox
  3. is 515th most common Richard
  4. is 516th most common Wilkins
  5. is 517th most common Wall
  6. is 518th most common Hoover
  7. is 519th most common Carey
  8. is 520th most common Clayton
  9. is 521st most common Bass

Similar Names and Nicknames

Wallace, Walls, Waller, Wallis, Walling, Wallen, Wallin, Willey, Will, Wahl

Most Common First Names for Wall

James, John, Robert, Michael, David, William, Richard, Mary, Thomas, Charles

Meaning & History

English: topographic name for someone who lived by a stone-built wall, e.g. one used to fortify a town or to keep back the encroachment of the sea (Old English w(e)all, from Latin vallum ‘rampart’, ‘palisade’).

Northern English: topographic name for someone who lived by a spring or stream, northern Middle English wall(e) (Old English (Mercian) wæll(a); compare Well).

Irish: re-Anglicized form of de Bhál, a Gaelicized form of de Valle, the name of a Norman family established in Munster and Connacht.

German: topographic name for someone who lived by a defensive wall, Middle High German wal.

German: variant of Wahl 2.

German: from a short form of the personal name Walther.

Swedish: ornamental name from Swedish vall ‘grassy bank’, ‘pasture’, ‘grazing ground’, or in some cases a habitational name from a place named with this element.

Recent Searches for "Wall" in the US

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James Wall (418 searches)
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