Buchalter Surname

381,502nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 934 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States Virgin Islands

Buchalter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Buchalter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6731:538,57244,670
Canada651:566,85547,218
Israel531:161,46516,670
South Africa511:1,062,30863,943
Hungary341:288,71422,080
Ireland211:224,2358,707
Argentina91:4,749,268159,873
Uruguay81:428,97023,885
England71:7,959,723202,100
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Buchalter Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Buchalter Come From? nationality or country of origin

Buchalter is most common in The United States. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Buchalter? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 381,502nd most widespread last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 7,802,512 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 68 percent of Buchalter reside; 66 percent reside in North America and 65 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

It is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 673 people, or 1 in 538,572. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 21 percent live, California, where 16 percent live and New Jersey, where 10 percent live. Not including The United States this last name is found in 17 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 7 percent live and Israel, where 6 percent live.

Buchalter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Buchalter has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Buchalter last name increased 67,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Buchalter Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Buchalter surname are 9.56% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 62.79% registered with the political party.

The amount Buchalter earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 8.21% less than the national average, earning R 218,124 per year; in United States they earn 25.06% more than the national average, earning $53,964 USD per year and in Canada they earn 57.77% more than the national average, earning $78,386 CAD per year.

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Buchalter Reference & Research

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Buchalter
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