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There are approximately 17,331 people named Waller in the UK. That makes it the 576th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 274 are named Waller.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Occupational Name

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The Waller surname in historical dictionaries

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)

A Gauler or Waller, a foreigner, from the Anglo-Saxon "waller-went," foreign men, strangers.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

WALLER. The A- Sax. iveallan means to spring up or boil ; and a ivcallere is one who boils — a boiler. At the present day i\\Q persons who rake the salt out of the leads at the salt-works at Nantwich-, are called n-allers. Halliwell. Hence the name was anciently latinized Salinator. In the North, a Waller is a builder of walls. The Italian surname Muratori, and the French Murier, correspond with the latter sense. H.R. Le Waller and Le Wallur.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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