Last Name WADDELL

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Local: Of Odell, a parish in county Bedford.

Origin	English, Irish, South african

Rank	1,576 (2000 US census)	1,437 (1990 US census)

Count	20,885 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

82.81%, or 17295 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
13.87%, or 2897 total occurrences, as black,
0.38%, or 79 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.28%, or 58 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.14%, or 238 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.53%, or 320 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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