Bächtiger Surname

1,014,722nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 250 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Bächtiger Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Bächtiger Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland2491:32,9844,852
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

The alternate forms: Bachtiger (22) are calculated separately.

Bächtiger Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bächtiger occurs in Switzerland more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Bachtiger. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bächtiger? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bächtiger is the 1,014,722nd most prevalent surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 29,150,184 people. The last name Bächtiger occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Bächtiger live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Bächtiger is most commonly occurring in Switzerland, where it is held by 249 people, or 1 in 32,984. In Switzerland it is mostly found in: Canton of St Gallen, where 29 percent live, Canton of Zürich, where 20 percent live and Canton of Aargau, where 14 percent live. Aside from Switzerland Bächtiger exists in one country. It is also common in Sweden, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bachtiger9622/
Bechtiger89284/
Baechtiger8442/
Betiger7540/
Bittiger7186/
Bietiger7123/
Bettiger7123/
Bethinger6742/
Beattiger6726/
Bitige674/
Betteiger671/
Bittigier671/
Beittiger670/
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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 Bächtiger
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