Wallon is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Wallon
No. of characters: 6
Origin: France
Meaning: Designates a person from Wallonia, more precisely of the Romanesque Belgium. It is found mainly in the Middle Ages the Wallo form, which comes from the Germanic Wahl term used to designate people living west of the Rhine.

How popular is Wallon?

Wallon is common in France.

Wallon is ranked 170495 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Wallons plummeted by 10.11236 per cent to 160 since 2000 and slipped by 15195 spots and ranked at 110286. The last name was found in around 0 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 85 88.2
Black 7.5 6.74
Others 5 0
Wallon is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in France which may be its originating country too. Around 2127 people have been found who wears Wallon as their family name. Wallon is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
240,218 Canada7
2,550 Haiti3
131,225 Spain2
25,746 Finland1
2,613 The Bahamas1
492,292 Ukraine1
7,790 Zambia1
38,841 Scotland1
21,562 Portugal1
47,891 Norway1
2,724 New Caledonia1
28,746 Algeria1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
16,228 Bulgaria1
2,232 French Polynesia1
289,511 England1
12,745 Luxembourg1
Countries with hundreds of Wallon:
50,182 Germany202
113,849 United States192
7,185 Sweden131
15,081 Belgium119
Countries with thousands of Wallon:
5,888 France1,457
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Immigrant Peter Wallon from Ireland aboard the Western World from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 21 years old when he arrived in New-York on October 1, 1850. 19 years old David Wallon, 7 years old Thomas Wallon, Roberth. Wallon, George Wallon, Alfred-Andrew Wallon (2), John-Solomon Wallon (Born at sea) Infant, are other Wallon that migrated to US.

Comments

G
Genaro Mathisen
Walloon is an ethnic name designating the inhabitant of Wallonia, that is a- say belgium liege called Romanesque, Namur, Hainaut, Luxembourg, Brabant s is also a Walloon-cappel place north of name, meaning Chapel walo.

Wallon Namesakes

  • Tiva Wallon, Author
  • Henri Wallon, Philosopher

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