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 is more commonly found in Switzerland than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Buchwälder. For other possible spellings of Buchwalder click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Buchwalder? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 461,659th most frequent family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 9,969,283 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of Buchwalder are found; 94 percent are found in Western Europe and 50 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most widespread in Switzerland, where it is borne by 525 people, or 1 in 15,644. In Switzerland Buchwalder is primarily found 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. Without taking into account Switzerland this last name is found in 12 countries. It is also found 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 Republicans than the national average, with 71.43% being registered to vote for 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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