Last Name WALDEN

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Meaning	Local: Of Walden, a well-known and ancient town county Essex, later Saffron Walden. A monastery at Waldon gave impetus to the surname. Two parishes, also in county Herts, have helped to swell the total. Another possibility is 'the son of Waldron.' Naturally and easy corrupted to Waldin and Walding, now Walden. A wood, a woody place.

Origin	English, Anglo-Saxon, German, Jewish, Irish, South african

Rank	1,343 (2000 US census)	1,080 (1990 US census)

Count	24,122 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

79.75%, or 19237 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
15.75%, or 3799 total occurrences, as black,
0.49%, or 118 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.86%, or 207 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.73%, or 417 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.43%, or 345 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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