How common is the last name Wallace?

189,325 people in the United States have the last name Wallace, about 1 in 1,579. It ranks #128 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

WALLACE

#128

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
189,325
About
1 in 1,579
This common or more
18.7%
Who bears it

Of the 189,325 people with the last name Wallace, 66.5% reported their origin as White, 24% as Black and 4.5% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Wallace

#126 Griffin · 191,130#127 West · 189,360#129 Cole · 187,989#130 Castro · 187,649

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Wallace, most common first.

#12,652 Wallach · 2,331#16,717 Wallick · 1,663#38,070 Wallack · 627#55,632 Walloch · 398#75,111 Wallock · 277#79,581 Walleck · 258#91,884 Walace · 215#114,613 Wallas · 162

Also a first name

As a first name, Wallace ranks #1,272 of 53,615, with 29,219 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1923, with 2,815 births. See Wallace as a first name

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