The Wallace surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 190,760 people carried this name — #113 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,410 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
89 people named Wallace live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 70 people named Wallace.
Most of them — 40 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Wallace in American newspapers,
1874–1947.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,970,596 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Wallace,
with a public archive behind them.
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William Wallace 1270–1305 · knight -
Eglantine Wallace 1701–1803 · writer -
William Wallace 1768–1843 · astronomer -
Daniel Wallace 1801–1859 · lawyer -
William H. Wallace 1811–1879 · judge
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 157 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Wallace.
- Waldner 3,690 · U.S. census
- Waldvogel 978 · U.S. census
- Waligora 459 · U.S. census
- Walker 501,307 · U.S. census
- Walkowiak 1,089 · U.S. census
- Wall 54,401 · U.S. census
- Wallaert 105 · U.S. census
- Walle 807 · U.S. census
- Waller 35,001 · U.S. census
- Wallerich 291 · U.S. census
- Wallet 235 · U.S. census
- Walliser 280 · U.S. census
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