The Wahl surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,253 people carried this name — #2,716 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 22,300 people counted. That is up 2% from 12,933 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 699 people named Wahl.
54 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 39 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
561 people named Wahl live in Switzerland.
They live in 21 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Landschaft.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Poland’s population register
102 people named Wahl have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 161 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 11 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Opole.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 29 people named Wahl live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
1,584 people named Wahl are counted in Norway, Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Wahl in American newspapers,
1875–1943.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 254,646 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Wahl,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Salomon Wahl 1689–1765 · painter -
Paul Wahl 1797–1872 · industrialist
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Christian Wahl 1829–1901 · businessperson -
Oscar de Wahl 1832–1873 · composer -
Victor von Wahl 1840–1915 · military personnel
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 190 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Wahl.
- Wagener 1,627 · U.S. census
- Wagenheim 172 · U.S. census
- Wager 3,428 · U.S. census
- Wagner 155,795 · U.S. census
- Wagnon 2,050 · U.S. census
- Wagon 104 · U.S. census
- Waibel 1,414 · U.S. census
- Wajda 940 · U.S. census
- Walas 349 · U.S. census
- Walaszek 273 · U.S. census
- Walbert 762 · U.S. census
- Walch 1,986 · U.S. census
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