Walthall
English
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Etymology
[edit]- As an English surname, from obsolete English given name Waltheof, from Old English weald (“power”) + þēof (“thief”), as in "one who snatched victory from battle."[1][2] Comparable to, or ultimately Anglicized from, the Old Norse equivalent Valthiófr, from vald + *ᚦᛖᚢᛒᚨᛉ (*þeubaʀ).
- As a Scottish surname, variant of Waldie.
Proper noun
[edit]Walthall (countable and uncountable, plural Walthalls)
- A surname.
- A village, the county seat of Webster County, Mississippi, United States.
Derived terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Walthall is the 13525th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2243 individuals. Walthall is most common among White (73.83%) and Black/African American (20.42%) individuals.
References
[edit]- ^ Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Waldo”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- ^ Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Walthall”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Old Norse
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English surnames
- en:Villages in Mississippi, USA
- en:Villages in the United States
- en:County seats of Mississippi, USA
- en:Places in Mississippi, USA
- en:Places in the United States