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Wahl History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Wahl RankingIn the United States, the name Wahl is the 2,946th most popular surname with an estimated 9,948 people with that name. 1 However, in France, the name Wahl is ranked the 5,332nd most popular surname with an estimated 1,000 - 1,500 people with that name. 2
Wahl migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Wahl Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Johan Wahl, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1749 3
- Johannes Wahl, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1749 3
- Johan Casper Wahl, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1754 3
- Johann Caspar Wahl, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1754
- Friederich Wahl, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1764 3
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Wahl Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Melchior Wahl came with his wife Anna Clara and their two children to Philadelphia in 1808
- Christian Wahl, aged 18, who landed in New York, NY in 1847 3
- Elizabeth Wahl, aged 36, who arrived in New York, NY in 1847 3
- Theodor Wahl, who arrived in Texas in 1849
- Bernhard Wahl, aged 36, who landed in North America in 1853 3
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Contemporary Notables of the name Wahl (post 1700) | + |
- Grant Wahl (1973-2022), American sports journalist and soccer analyst for CBS Sports, senior writer for Sports Illustrated and a correspondent for Fox Sports, author of the book The Beckham Experiment (2009)
- Phoebe Wahl, American illustrator, sculptor and children's book author
- Jan Boyer Wahl (1931-2019), American children's author of over 120 works
- James M. Wahl (1846-1939), born Jens Magnus Wahl, Norwegian-born, American settler and legislator in South Dakota
- Robert Martin "Bobby" Wahl (b. 1992), American professional baseball pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers
- Elizabeth Alice "Betty" Wahl (1924-1988), American novelist and short story writer from St. Cloud, Minnesota
- Bernt Rainer Wahl, American mathematician, mentor, entrepreneur, and author who served as CEO of Factle Corporation, Datahunt, and Dynamic Software
- Ken Wahl (b. 1954), American retired television actor, popular in the 1980s and 1990s, best known for his role in the CBS television crime drama Wiseguy
- Arthur Wahl (1917-2006), American physicist, first person to isolate plutonium in a laboratory; he also worked on the Manhattan Project
- Leo J. Wahl, American hair clipper inventor who patented the electromagnetic hair clipper in 1919
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Historic Events for the Wahl family | + |
Bismarck - Hermann Wahl (1921-1941), German Matrosengefreiter who served aboard the German Battleship Bismarck during World War II when it was sunk heading to France; he died in the sinking 4
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
- Bismarck & Tirpitz Class - Crew List Bismarck. (Retrieved 2018, February 06). Retrieved from https://www.bismarck-class.dk/bismarck/crew/bismarck_crew.html#crew_details
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