Wackernagel Surname
Approximately 635 people bear this surname
Wackernagel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 402 | 1:200,262 | 22,998 |
| United States | 78 | 1:4,646,909 | 242,363 |
| Switzerland | 55 | 1:149,326 | 14,246 |
| Brazil | 47 | 1:4,554,773 | 120,089 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Wackernagel Demographics
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Wackernagel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wackernagel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wackernagel is more frequently found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wackernagel? popularity and diffusion
Wackernagel is the 514,102nd most numerous last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,476,450 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 74 percent of Wackernagel live; 74 percent live in Western Europe and 71 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is held by 402 people, or 1 in 200,262. In Germany it is most frequent in: Thuringia, where 29 percent live, Saxony, where 17 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 12 percent live. Not including Germany this surname is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 12 percent live and Switzerland, where 9 percent live.
Wackernagel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wackernagel has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wackernagel surname expanded 1,114 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wackernagel Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Wackernagel last name are 50.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 97.14% registered with the party.
The amount Wackernagel earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 12.37% more than the national average, earning $48,488 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.78% more than the national average, earning $52,056 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wackernagl | 95 | 0 | / |
| Wachernagel | 91 | 2 | / |
| Wagrängel | 70 | 1 | / |
| Wakaringil | 67 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wackernagel
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