Find out how popular the last name Walterscheid is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Walterscheid.

Walterscheid, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Walterscheid surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Walterscheid in America

Walterscheid is the 49723rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Walterscheid surname appeared 422 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Walterscheid.

We can also compare 2010 data for Walterscheid to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Walterscheid

The surname WALTERSCHEID has its origins in Germany, and can be traced back to the Middle Ages, around the 12th or 13th century. It is a locational surname, derived from the name of a place where the original bearers of the name lived or were born. The name is believed to have originated in the region of Westphalia, in western Germany.

The name WALTERSCHEID is a combination of two Old German words – "walther" meaning "ruler" or "commander," and "scheid" meaning "boundary" or "border." Thus, the name likely referred to a person who lived near or controlled a border or boundary area. It is possible that the name was originally associated with a specific village or settlement called Walterscheid, but no definitive records have been found to confirm this.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name WALTERSCHEID can be found in the Codex Diplomaticus, a collection of medieval documents from the region of Westphalia, dated around the late 13th century. The name also appears in various church records and legal documents from the 14th and 15th centuries, indicating its prevalence in the region during that time.

Throughout history, there have been several notable individuals with the surname WALTERSCHEID. One of the earliest was Johann Walterscheid, a German theologian and preacher who lived in the late 16th century (born around 1550, died in 1619). Another was Johann Peter Walterscheid, a German jurist and legal scholar who lived in the 17th century (born in 1629, died in 1698).

In the 18th century, there was Johann Wilhelm Walterscheid, a German composer and organist (born in 1716, died in 1798). In the 19th century, Karl Walterscheid was a German industrialist and entrepreneur, who established a successful steel and iron works in the Ruhr region (born in 1825, died in 1901).

More recently, in the 20th century, there was Hans Walterscheid, a German politician and member of the Bundestag (born in 1903, died in 1979). He was a member of the Christian Democratic Union party and served as a member of parliament from 1957 to 1969.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Walterscheid

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Walterscheid.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Walterscheid was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Walterscheid has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Walterscheid was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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