Walls is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Germany, England, Netherlands. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Walls
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Ireland, Germany, England, Netherlands
Meaning:

1. From residence hard by, or upon, a town wall. The forms in the XIII and XIV centuries were Atte-Wall, Super le Wal, De la Walle, etc. 2. It was also an old personal name, spelt in Domesday Walle.

Variant form of the Wall. See Walls, to which it is ordinarily pluralized - 1. From residence hard by, or upon, a town wall. The forms in the XIII and XIV centuries were Atte-Wall, Super le Wal, De la Walle, etc. 2. It was also an old personal name, spelt in Domesday Walle.

The is a variant of Wale. A local surname, traced in Irish records to the XIV century. John de Wale was advanced, in 1348, to the see of Ardfert.

A variant of Waal. The Walloon, or native of Liege.

Dweller at, or near, a wall such as the old Roman wall; dweller at, or near, a spring or stream; one who came from Wall, i.e., on the Roman wall, or near a stream, the name of several places in England; dweller at, or near, a pool or bog.

The surname is a form of the Wales. One who came from Wales, i.e., the Welsh, the country, or from Wales, a village in Yorkshire.

Lastname Walls is the form of Deval. Dweller in the valley.

Walls is variation of Wall. Dweller at, or near, a wall such as the old Roman wall; dweller at, or near, a spring or stream; one who came from Wall, i.e., on the Roman wall, or near a stream, the name of several places in England; dweller at, or near, a pool or bog.

A form of Valler. Pierre Valler, a Protestant refugee from Rouen, landed at Rye in 1572.

How popular is Walls?

Walls is common in United States, England, Canada, Australia, Scotland, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Mexico, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Wales, Spain.

Walls is ranked 8774 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Walls bearers increased by 4.75 per cent in 2010 US census to 41025 since 2000, the surname slipped by 41 spots and ranked at 842. The last name was found in around 1 per ten thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 68.68 70.97
Black 25.39 25
Hispanic or Latino 2.42 1.43
Others 2.37 1.65
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.77 0.66
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.37 0.28
Walls is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Northern Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 64764 people have been found who wears Walls as their family name. Walls is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Walls:
820 United States52,144
Countries with thousands of Walls:
1,916 England4,276
2,664 Canada1,944
1,994 Australia1,926
809 Scotland1,138
Countries with hundreds of Walls:
970 New Zealand771
852 Northern Ireland426
1,601 Ireland348
7,517 Mexico342
24,342 South Africa229
22,057 Saudi Arabia199
2,540 Wales128
22,087 Spain115
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
167,850 Thailand62
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
38,500 Netherlands50
97,745 Germany48
11,447 Finland47
15,522 Sweden44
12,312 Venezuela41
152,033 France40
2,700 Guyana34
19,302 United Arab Emirates33
11,471 Dominican Republic31
1,021 Malta24
396,143 India23
20,476 Chile17
13,856 Singapore17
311,782 Russia16
28,556 Denmark13
372,576 Indonesia13
68,998 Zimbabwe13
2,098 Guam12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
1,005 Bermuda10
3,988 Nicaragua10
58,198 Switzerland9
221,039 Philippines9
115,463 Italy8
101,897 Papua New Guinea8
440,995 Brazil7
97,842 Czechia7
1,961 American Samoa6
103,447 Belgium6
11,702 China6
48,838 Japan6
29,369 Liberia6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Thomas Walls was 50 years old when he migrated to Providence-Ri during Irish famine on April 11, 1846. He lived in Ireland where he worked as butcher and took Queen Of The West from Liverpool. Bridget Walls, aged 48, 13 years old Patrick Walls, Thomas Walls (11), Margaret Walls (6), Catherine Walls (8), Bridget Walls (4), Infant Ann Walls, 22 years old Jane Walls, 20 years old Eliza Walls, and 44 other Walls around 38.1% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and spinster migrated to US.

From Germany

J. Walls hailed from Germany. 17 years old embarked for USA from Bremen on Stella and arrived on April 14, 1860. 18 years old S. Walls, John Walls, aged 6, Jules Walls, aged 33, Mary Walls, aged 8, Sara Walls, aged 3, 5 years old William Walls, William Walls, aged 32, 25 years old Maria Walls, are other Walls that migrated to US from Bremen, Liverpool and Rotterdam.

Walls Namesakes

  • Leon Wesley Walls, American singer, songwriter, and guitarist
  • Tom Walls, English stage and film actor
  • William Walls, Scottish lawyer
  • Winston Walls, American hard bop and soul jazz Hammond B3 organist
  • Daniel Frank Walls, New Zealand theoretical physicist specialising
  • Jim Walls, retired police officer
  • Robert Walls, former Australian rules footballer
  • Josiah T. Walls, United States congressman
  • Wesley Walls, former American football tight end
  • Everson Walls, former American football defensive back
  • Herkie Walls, former Arena Football League wide receiver for the Orlando Predators
  • Vann "Piano Man" Walls, American rhythm and blues piano player, songwriter
  • Paper Thin Walls, American indie rock band
  • The Walls, Irish rock band
  • Lenny Walls, former professional American and Canadian football defensive back
  • Jeannette Walls, American author and journalist widely known as former gossip columnist for MSNBC.com and author of 'The Glass Castle'
  • Lee Walls, Raymond Lee Walls Jr
  • Jaquay Walls, retired American professional basketball player
  • Peter Walls, Rhodesian soldier

Walls Namesakes

  • Leon Wesley Walls, American singer, songwriter, and guitarist
  • Tom Walls, English stage and film actor
  • William Walls, Scottish lawyer
  • Winston Walls, American hard bop and soul jazz Hammond B3 organist
  • Daniel Frank Walls, New Zealand theoretical physicist specialising
  • Jim Walls, retired police officer
  • Robert Walls, former Australian rules footballer
  • Josiah T. Walls, United States congressman
  • Wesley Walls, former American football tight end
  • Everson Walls, former American football defensive back
  • Herkie Walls, former Arena Football League wide receiver for the Orlando Predators
  • Vann "Piano Man" Walls, American rhythm and blues piano player, songwriter
  • Paper Thin Walls, American indie rock band
  • The Walls, Irish rock band
  • Lenny Walls, former professional American and Canadian football defensive back
  • Jeannette Walls, American author and journalist widely known as former gossip columnist for MSNBC.com and author of 'The Glass Castle'
  • Lee Walls, Raymond Lee Walls Jr
  • Jaquay Walls, retired American professional basketball player
  • Peter Walls, Rhodesian soldier

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