Last Name WALTER

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	A wood-master or keeper of the wood.

Origin	Jewish, French, German, Polish, Swedish, Swiss, Irish, Anglo-saxon, Falkland, Austrian, Belgian, South african, Hungarian

Rank	651 (2000 US census)	655 (1990 US census)

Count	47,615 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

90.17%, or 42934 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
5.96%, or 2838 total occurrences, as black,
0.61%, or 290 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.42%, or 200 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.22%, or 581 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.62%, or 771 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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