Wals is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Wals
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Wals

How popular is Wals?

Wals is ranked 206299 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Walses plummeted by 17.93103 per cent to 119 since 2000 and slipped by 27792 spots and ranked at 140157. 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 78.15 75.86
Hispanic or Latino 16.81 14.48
Black 5.04 7.59
Wals is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in Netherlands which may be its originating country too. Around 1652 people have been found who wears Wals as their family name. Wals is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
340,120 Canada4
1,219,338 India3
67,494 South Africa3
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
219,873 France2
21,529 Singapore2
723,167 Indonesia2
37,493 Austria1
13,606 Senegal1
897,276 Russia1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
15,162 Costa Rica1
17,575 Kuwait1
40,340 Malaysia1
492,292 Ukraine1
81,201 Switzerland1
7,895 South Korea1
38,841 Scotland1
38,830 Morocco1
58,885 Poland1
47,891 Norway1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
107,506 England27
71,059 Australia24
52,530 Belgium22
3,940 Nicaragua11
Countries with hundreds of Wals:
2,946 Netherlands851
19,046 Mexico183
142,944 United States144
71,225 Germany134
23,503 Spain119
44,861 Argentina105
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Eliza Wals worked as immigrant and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 36 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Jno. Mckenzie and arrived on July 15, 1850. 25 years old Henry Wals, John Wals, aged 12, Bridget Wals, aged 4, are other Wals that migrated to US.

Wals Namesakes

  • Abby Walsh, Set designer
  • J.W. Walsh, Football quarterback
  • Christine Adaline Walsh, James Head's wife
  • Dylan Walsh, Actor
  • Addie Walsh, Television writer
  • Joseph Charles Walsh, Lawyer
  • Jimmy Walsh, Boxer
  • Aisling Walsh, Writer
  • Brad Walsh, Singer
  • Judy Walsh, Film actress

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