The walt Surname

walt Name Meaning and History

Variant of German Waldt, a topographic name from Middle High German walt ‘forest’.
German: short form of Walther.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Wald.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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The walt name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the walt family name as far back in history as possible.

walt Family Facts

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Distribution of walt Families in the US in 1920

Number of walt families

41-79

14-40

1-13

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Thread	Author	Replies
DOROTHY WALT, GENESSEE CO, FLINT MICHIGAN	nighthawkohio1	3
Walts of Memphis, Tenn.	LindaNW	31
RE: Walt family of Perry Co., PA 1800-1850	GKJONES703	5
Walts of Yonge, Leeds Co., Upper Canada (Mallorytown, Ontario)	Margaret Lambert	4
John Walt	Susan Walt	3
Obit: Stephen Walt, d. Sep 26 1901	JLBURKET	0
Walts in Indiana in 1950's	Linda Shaw	1
Anna Walt married Marshal Fanning	Mary_Thweatt	2
Walt Ancestors	tnt21974	0
Walt	Kathy	0

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