Buchwalder Surname

461,659th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 731 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Buchwalder Surname Definition:

(German) One who lived near the beech wood; one who came from Buchwald (beech wood). in Germany.

Buchwalder Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland5251:15,6442,565
Germany821:981,77468,040
France691:962,648108,938
United States321:11,326,842445,236
Austria101:851,54467,454
England61:9,286,343223,652
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

The alternate forms: Buchwälder (1) are calculated separately.

Buchwalder Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) One who lived near the beech wood; one who came from Buchwald (beech wood). in Germany.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Buchwalder Last Name Facts

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

The last name Buchwalder occurs most in Switzerland. It may be found as a variant: Buchwälder. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Buchwalder? popularity and diffusion

It is the 461,659th most frequently held last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,969,283 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 95 percent of Buchwalder live; 94 percent live in Western Europe and 50 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Buchwalder is most common in Switzerland, where it is borne by 525 people, or 1 in 15,644. In Switzerland Buchwalder is most prevalent in: Republic and Canton of the Jura, where 40 percent reside, Canton of Basel-Landschaft, where 14 percent reside and Canton of Zürich, where 11 percent reside. Beside Switzerland it occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 11 percent reside and France, where 9 percent reside.

Buchwalder Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Buchwalder are 24.66% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 71.43% being registered with the party.

Buchwalder earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.69% less than the national average, earning $42,419 USD per year.

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