Last Names That Start With W
957 surnames with at least 1,000 people, 2010 Census
Williams is the most common surname starting with W, held by 1,625,252 people in the 2010 Census. The list ranks the 957 surnames starting with W that at least 1,000 people had. To find a rarer surname, use the search on the surnames page.
| # | Surname | People | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Williams | 1,625,252 | #3 |
| 2 | Wilson | 801,882 | #14 |
| 3 | White | 660,491 | #24 |
| 4 | Walker | 523,129 | #31 |
| 5 | Wright | 458,980 | #35 |
| 6 | Ward | 260,464 | #79 |
| 7 | Watson | 252,579 | #81 |
| 8 | Wood | 250,715 | #84 |
| 9 | Wallace | 197,276 | #123 |
| 10 | West | 195,818 | #125 |
| 11 | Woods | 177,425 | #144 |
| 12 | Washington | 177,386 | #145 |
| 13 | Wells | 176,230 | #147 |
| 14 | Webb | 168,878 | #152 |
| 15 | Wagner | 155,795 | #173 |
| 16 | Warren | 152,147 | #181 |
| 17 | Weaver | 143,837 | #192 |
| 18 | Willis | 130,152 | #230 |
| 19 | Watkins | 127,083 | #240 |
| 20 | Wheeler | 125,058 | #243 |
| 21 | Williamson | 114,959 | #267 |
| 22 | Wong | 111,371 | #274 |
| 23 | Wang | 109,883 | #282 |
| 24 | Weber | 109,433 | #283 |
| 25 | Welch | 108,987 | #284 |
| 26 | Walsh | 105,079 | #295 |
| 27 | Wade | 97,040 | #319 |
| 28 | Watts | 89,649 | #348 |
| 29 | Walters | 89,376 | #350 |
| 30 | Wolfe | 83,928 | #374 |
| 31 | Warner | 83,781 | #375 |
| 32 | Walton | 73,854 | #446 |
| 33 | Webster | 72,625 | #453 |
| 34 | Wu | 71,721 | #461 |
| 35 | Wolf | 70,031 | #474 |
| 36 | Wise | 68,649 | #485 |
| 37 | Waters | 67,929 | #491 |
| 38 | Wilkins | 58,634 | #570 |
| 39 | Weiss | 57,112 | #587 |
| 40 | Whitaker | 56,616 | #596 |
| 41 | Wilcox | 56,286 | #602 |
| 42 | Wall | 53,794 | #631 |
| 43 | Wilkinson | 53,739 | #634 |
| 44 | Wyatt | 52,211 | #653 |
| 45 | Wiggins | 50,247 | #685 |
| 46 | Ware | 49,316 | #700 |
| 47 | Wiley | 48,720 | #713 |
| 48 | Wilkerson | 48,444 | #719 |
| 49 | Walter | 48,024 | #727 |
| 50 | Woodard | 46,240 | #750 |
| 51 | Winters | 44,914 | #766 |
| 52 | Whitehead | 44,373 | #776 |
| 53 | Weeks | 41,565 | #831 |
| 54 | Walls | 41,025 | #842 |
| 55 | Waller | 36,805 | #942 |
| 56 | Woodward | 36,764 | #944 |
| 57 | Whitney | 35,118 | #994 |
| 58 | Werner | 34,488 | #1,013 |
| 59 | Workman | 31,856 | #1,097 |
| 60 | Witt | 31,575 | #1,110 |
| 61 | Winter | 31,310 | #1,119 |
| 62 | Wooten | 31,249 | #1,123 |
| 63 | Wilder | 31,018 | #1,131 |
| 64 | Welsh | 30,153 | #1,166 |
| 65 | Whitfield | 29,962 | #1,171 |
| 66 | Wynn | 29,417 | #1,203 |
| 67 | Wills | 28,219 | #1,244 |
| 68 | Womack | 28,201 | #1,245 |
| 69 | Whitley | 26,732 | #1,313 |
| 70 | Webber | 26,405 | #1,335 |
| 71 | Woodruff | 26,286 | #1,341 |
| 72 | Worley | 25,758 | #1,370 |
| 73 | Weston | 25,637 | #1,380 |
| 74 | Walden | 24,821 | #1,435 |
| 75 | Whalen | 24,262 | #1,470 |
| 76 | Wesley | 23,135 | #1,555 |
| 77 | Whaley | 22,833 | #1,575 |
| 78 | Winn | 22,316 | #1,611 |
| 79 | Winkler | 21,993 | #1,640 |
| 80 | Wolff | 21,815 | #1,650 |
| 81 | Winston | 21,667 | #1,662 |
| 82 | Willard | 21,352 | #1,690 |
| 83 | Waddell | 21,301 | #1,691 |
| 84 | Westbrook | 20,284 | #1,770 |
| 85 | Washburn | 20,030 | #1,793 |
| 86 | Wilhelm | 19,913 | #1,802 |
| 87 | Waiters | 19,853 | #1,809 |
| 88 | Wiseman | 19,439 | #1,845 |
| 89 | Whitman | 19,399 | #1,851 |
| 90 | Weir | 18,881 | #1,903 |
| 91 | Waite | 18,664 | #1,936 |
| 92 | Woody | 18,434 | #1,960 |
| 93 | Wilkes | 18,314 | #1,975 |
| 94 | Whittington | 17,517 | #2,059 |
| 95 | Waldron | 17,501 | #2,063 |
| 96 | Whitt | 17,293 | #2,092 |
| 97 | Woodson | 17,242 | #2,098 |
| 98 | Whittaker | 17,234 | #2,100 |
| 99 | Whitlock | 16,927 | #2,142 |
| 100 | Whiting | 16,418 | #2,221 |