Explore the Family Name Walsingham

The meaning of Walsingham

English: habitational name from Great or Little Walsingham in Norfolk. The placename derives from the Old English personal name Wæls + the Old English groupname suffix -ingas (genitive -inga-) + hām ‘village, homestead’. Some characteristic forenames: Irish Donal.

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How common is the last name Walsingham in the United States?

According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Walsingham has seen a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 69,636th most popular surname in the United States but dropped to 73,464th by 2010, reflecting a change of -5.5%. Despite this, the number of individuals with this surname remained relatively stable over this period, growing from 263 to 264, an increase of just 0.38%. The proportion of people named Walsingham per 100,000 also decreased by 10% during this decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#69,636	#73,464	-5.5%
Count	263	264	0.38%
Proportion per 100k	0.1	0.09	-10%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Walsingham

Looking at the ethnic identity associated with the Walsingham surname based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the vast majority of individuals carrying this name are White. In 2000, 96.58% identified as White, a figure that barely changed in 2010, standing at 96.59%. Over these ten years, the Hispanic representation among those with the Walsingham surname saw a significant increase of 39.47%, albeit from a small base of 1.90% in 2000 to 2.65% in 2010. No individuals with the Walsingham surname identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native during this period.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.58%	96.59%	0.01%
Hispanic	1.9%	2.65%	39.47%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%