From the State Controller’s published file
451 surnames beginning with W appear in California’s unclaimed property file. Whether any particular record is yours depends on the first name and the address, which is what the free search checks.
| Surname | Records | Total held |
|---|---|---|
| Wang | 25,790 | $49,126,580 |
| Williams | 45,164 | $35,940,806 |
| Wong | 16,394 | $24,153,183 |
| Wilson | 25,650 | $23,364,057 |
| Wu | 12,529 | $22,177,832 |
| White | 18,873 | $14,348,289 |
| Wright | 13,343 | $11,850,555 |
| Walker | 15,282 | $11,755,284 |
| West | 8,491 | $7,972,362 |
| Wells | 7,039 | $7,859,282 |
| Wood | 7,744 | $7,342,899 |
| Ward | 7,834 | $6,874,748 |
| Watson | 7,320 | $6,654,968 |
| Weaver | 3,407 | $6,397,495 |
| William | 6,025 | $5,754,203 |
| Washington | 5,599 | $5,238,990 |
| Wallace | 6,114 | $5,197,216 |
| Wagner | 4,549 | $4,943,471 |
| Walsh | 3,573 | $4,235,778 |
| Wei | 2,625 | $4,092,877 |
| Woods | 5,267 | $3,978,674 |
| Warren | 5,092 | $3,777,274 |
| Webb | 4,655 | $3,627,602 |
| Weiss | 2,937 | $3,415,092 |
| Wolf | 2,686 | $3,283,234 |
| Walters | 2,723 | $3,245,155 |
| Wolfe | 2,355 | $3,043,119 |
| Western | 2,821 | $2,825,133 |
| Watkins | 3,405 | $2,754,873 |
| Weber | 3,385 | $2,683,477 |
| Willis | 3,725 | $2,678,554 |
| Warner | 2,798 | $2,637,196 |
| Wild | 502 | $2,543,999 |
| Wilkinson | 1,679 | $2,431,622 |
| Walter | 2,290 | $2,405,116 |
| Wheeler | 3,606 | $2,399,302 |
| Welch | 3,165 | $2,251,585 |
| Webster | 2,567 | $2,217,101 |
| Williamson | 2,988 | $2,206,836 |
| Wade | 2,803 | $2,155,316 |
| Woo | 1,928 | $2,006,871 |
| Watanabe | 1,192 | $1,965,876 |
| Wiley | 1,499 | $1,938,116 |
| Wilcox | 1,755 | $1,812,901 |
| Wen | 1,254 | $1,796,747 |
| Watts | 2,308 | $1,620,016 |
| Wall | 1,939 | $1,615,293 |
| Winter | 1,425 | $1,596,088 |
| Ware | 1,358 | $1,536,879 |
| Walton | 2,108 | $1,432,281 |
| Wan | 1,048 | $1,414,809 |
| Wise | 1,829 | $1,359,618 |
| Werner | 1,056 | $1,326,889 |
| Weise | 262 | $1,262,374 |
| Wendt | 378 | $1,255,948 |
| Whitney | 1,508 | $1,229,546 |
| Wilkins | 1,572 | $1,192,862 |
| Wolff | 943 | $1,179,531 |
| Webber | 1,007 | $1,175,568 |
| Waters | 2,073 | $1,167,222 |
| Weinstein | 969 | $1,128,442 |
| Wyatt | 1,656 | $1,116,020 |
| Winters | 1,230 | $1,091,431 |
| Woodard | 997 | $1,069,964 |
| Woodward | 1,413 | $1,017,729 |
| World | 1,096 | $970,982 |
| Wing | 660 | $963,548 |
| Wayne | 1,071 | $955,474 |
| Weng | 571 | $914,354 |
| Woodland | 380 | $910,589 |
| Woodruff | 769 | $908,464 |
| Wilhelm | 550 | $892,653 |
| Whitaker | 1,325 | $876,204 |
| Wesley | 862 | $876,034 |
| Weeks | 941 | $863,162 |
| Waller | 858 | $853,765 |
| Welsh | 922 | $808,359 |
| Weiner | 983 | $798,937 |
| Witt | 814 | $788,734 |
| Wilkerson | 1,147 | $766,272 |
| Weinberg | 777 | $761,863 |
| Wynn | 668 | $756,332 |
| Weir | 736 | $713,811 |
| Willard | 651 | $687,970 |
| Winston | 1,012 | $686,554 |
| Wada | 353 | $684,938 |
| Weston | 798 | $676,181 |
| Workman | 583 | $658,692 |
| Wilton | 259 | $657,763 |
| Whalen | 622 | $657,031 |
| Wiggins | 1,026 | $634,469 |
| Wisniewski | 127 | $632,460 |
| Whiteside | 382 | $627,108 |
| Wills | 833 | $620,914 |
| Worthington | 512 | $618,311 |
| Waugh | 374 | $612,536 |
| Winn | 858 | $592,430 |
| Worth | 315 | $558,734 |
| Whiting | 544 | $532,514 |
| Waterman | 540 | $530,842 |
| Whitehead | 904 | $530,811 |
| Www | 140 | $518,138 |
| Weidmann | 181 | $516,424 |
| Winkler | 690 | $514,550 |
| Whitfield | 743 | $511,125 |
| Wentworth | 218 | $505,668 |
| Wheaton | 343 | $495,920 |
| Will | 604 | $495,811 |
| Wasserman | 434 | $495,034 |
| Wilder | 733 | $481,980 |
| Whittaker | 490 | $476,359 |
| Watt | 774 | $470,091 |
| Woon | 109 | $463,327 |
| Warriner | 124 | $452,156 |
| Walden | 637 | $443,946 |
| Wai | 345 | $429,452 |
| Wynne | 436 | $424,781 |
| Won | 698 | $423,682 |
| Washburn | 560 | $423,278 |
| Wilde | 372 | $408,783 |
| Weissman | 314 | $403,628 |
| Wooten | 592 | $402,200 |
| Way | 514 | $399,959 |
| Worley | 539 | $397,099 |
| Weil | 475 | $394,216 |
| Walkey | 152 | $390,771 |
| Wilshire | 387 | $389,657 |
| Wiener | 292 | $386,297 |
| Wenzel | 281 | $385,441 |
| Walls | 804 | $380,318 |
| Weller | 503 | $374,936 |
| Wechsler | 118 | $371,746 |
| Wylie | 481 | $366,648 |
| Willson | 425 | $364,714 |
| Waldron | 423 | $360,852 |
| Whitmore | 537 | $355,383 |
| Wahl | 385 | $354,794 |
| Willie | 423 | $350,831 |
| Whelan | 557 | $349,289 |
| Wachovia | 342 | $347,418 |
| Whitley | 530 | $342,923 |
| Womack | 599 | $340,865 |
| Whipple | 408 | $337,297 |
| Widjaja | 264 | $337,274 |
| Wilkes | 509 | $336,661 |
| Willingham | 359 | $332,445 |
| Willoughby | 333 | $331,546 |
| Woodson | 477 | $325,458 |
| Westside | 436 | $321,805 |
| Wyman | 449 | $321,560 |
| Windsor | 440 | $319,306 |
| Wiese | 336 | $315,425 |
| Wirth | 297 | $314,570 |
| Wendy | 627 | $314,016 |
| Whitman | 523 | $313,641 |
| Waite | 535 | $310,874 |
| Wakefield | 478 | $309,165 |
| Winslow | 502 | $308,915 |
| Windham | 163 | $305,366 |
| Wetzel | 417 | $304,589 |
| Whyte | 292 | $297,678 |
| Wexler | 283 | $297,409 |
| Weisman | 326 | $296,686 |
| Woolley | 333 | $295,820 |
| Wilbur | 469 | $287,794 |
| Wasson | 311 | $286,913 |
| Whaley | 458 | $285,900 |
| Weathers | 375 | $285,781 |
| Willey | 378 | $284,687 |
| Wallis | 406 | $283,927 |
| Wireless | 304 | $281,546 |
| Waddell | 443 | $279,505 |
| Wilke | 231 | $276,841 |
| Winchell | 159 | $274,590 |
| Wiseman | 521 | $272,933 |
| Walther | 224 | $272,787 |
| Wanda | 206 | $272,593 |
| Westbrook | 500 | $272,045 |
| Westlake | 467 | $271,640 |
| Wickham | 229 | $268,148 |
| Weldon | 400 | $263,107 |
| Wolfson | 250 | $262,629 |
| Wharton | 407 | $260,319 |
| Wenger | 252 | $259,755 |
| Wimmer | 176 | $258,292 |
| Woodbury | 305 | $257,919 |
| Wine | 338 | $257,438 |
| Wilber | 209 | $255,213 |
| Withers | 318 | $251,328 |
| Whittington | 362 | $249,830 |
| Wren | 364 | $249,422 |
| Waggoner | 372 | $248,493 |
| Winchester | 330 | $247,297 |
| Wilburn | 343 | $244,170 |
| Westfall | 390 | $243,994 |
| Whited | 142 | $243,155 |
| Warnick | 124 | $243,080 |
| Warden | 330 | $241,617 |
| Weisberg | 233 | $240,407 |
| Win | 290 | $239,281 |
| Watters | 298 | $237,381 |
| Wiles | 256 | $237,065 |
| Winfield | 242 | $236,907 |
| Westphal | 324 | $232,040 |
| Westwood | 268 | $231,264 |
| Waxman | 186 | $231,124 |
| Wray | 404 | $231,069 |
| Winer | 221 | $227,618 |
| Weems | 232 | $225,408 |
| Wellman | 280 | $223,058 |
| Woodhouse | 151 | $220,781 |
| Wagoner | 360 | $219,749 |
| Whitlock | 403 | $219,581 |
| Waterhouse | 186 | $218,655 |
| Witherspoon | 274 | $212,816 |
| Witte | 217 | $212,011 |
| Wicks | 349 | $211,745 |
| Waits | 123 | $209,416 |
| Westmoreland | 219 | $208,762 |
| Wick | 262 | $208,702 |
| Whittier | 298 | $208,332 |
| Wilma | 150 | $207,139 |
| Whitson | 257 | $206,478 |
| Worden | 329 | $205,897 |
| Wight | 264 | $204,851 |
| Weintraub | 319 | $204,076 |
| Woolsey | 234 | $203,116 |
| Worthy | 195 | $202,841 |
| Wofford | 287 | $200,420 |
| Wah | 123 | $199,636 |
| Waldman | 301 | $199,464 |
| Willow | 242 | $198,819 |
| Weatherford | 200 | $196,206 |
| Waldo | 137 | $195,174 |
| Wollenberg | 118 | $195,082 |
| Wheatley | 300 | $194,689 |
| Wadsworth | 252 | $194,467 |
| Wm | 110 | $193,322 |
| Work | 262 | $189,011 |
| Wooden | 203 | $187,322 |
| Whitcomb | 300 | $186,580 |
| Withrow | 199 | $186,537 |
| Wooley | 206 | $185,018 |
| Walling | 185 | $184,211 |
| Wolcott | 237 | $181,569 |
| Word | 207 | $180,933 |
| Whitehouse | 178 | $180,195 |
| Wilt | 156 | $179,873 |
| Woodside | 175 | $179,848 |
| Woodworth | 321 | $178,640 |
Figures from our copy of the State Controller’s published file, last rebuilt October 16, 2026. We are a private company and are not affiliated with the State Controller’s Office.
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