The Walz surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 6,957 people carried this name — #4,660 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 38,800 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
337 people named Walz live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 94 people named Walz.
17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Moselle.
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 Poland’s population register
68 people named Walz have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 86 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 8 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lower Silesian.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Walz.
- Walter 47,615 · U.S. census
- Walther 6,108 · U.S. census
- Walti 141 · U.S. census
- Walton 70,997 · U.S. census
- Waltz 6,602 · U.S. census
- Waltzer 379 · U.S. census
- Walzer 888 · U.S. census
- Wambach 731 · U.S. census
- Wambeke 213 · U.S. census
- Wander 1,123 · U.S. census
- Wane 268 · U.S. census
- Wang 67,570 · U.S. census
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