How Many People Have the Last Name Wallace?
people had the surname Wallace in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 1,495 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+6,516 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Wallace (69.2%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 24.7%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Wallace ranks #86. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 71.8% to 69.2%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Wallace grew from 190,760 people in 2000 to 197,276 in 2010 (up 3.4%), and its rank fell from #113 to #123. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 70.71 to 66.88 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 190,760 | 197,276 |
| Rank | #113 | #123 |
| Per 100,000 people | 70.71 | 66.88 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Wallace
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Wallace: W420
👤 Wallace as a First Name
Wallace is a first name too: about 27,690 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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