Waddell

== English == === Etymology === Various origins: A variant of the Scottish surname Weddle. An English topographic surname for someone who lived at the hill where woad grew, from Old English wād (“woad”) + hyll (“hill”). === Pronunciation === Is the accent on dell? === Proper noun === Waddell (countable and uncountable, plural Waddells) A surname from Old English. An unincorporated community in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Waddell is the 1691st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 21301 individuals. Waddell is most common among White (80.85%) and Black/African American (14.51%) individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Waddell”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.