Vacter Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Vacter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vacter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France451:1,476,060142,161
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Vacter Last Name Facts

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

Vacter is held by more people in France than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Vacter? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,843,861st most numerous last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. Vacter is predominantly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Vacter reside; 96 percent reside in Western Europe and 96 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The last name is most commonly used in France, where it is held by 45 people, or 1 in 1,476,060. In France it is most frequent in: Grand Est, where 69 percent live, Occitanie, where 24 percent live and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 4 percent live. Other than France Vacter exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Vacter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Vacter has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Vacter last name fell 89 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vachter92474/
Vacther9216/
Vacte910/
Bacter83153/
Wacter8364/
Vakter8348/
Vajter8315/
Vagter831/
Wachter7722,260/
Vakhter7784/
Bachter7740/
Huacter7724/
Wackter779/
Wacther775/
Backter772/
Bascter771/
Vochter770/
Vakte733,630/
Bacte7358/
Vagte735/
Vocte733/
Vacti731/
Weachter71189/
Wauchter7110/
Watchter714/
Beactter710/
Wachtter710/
Wagter67834/
Bakter67241/
Vaktie67133/
Bocter6772/
Vogter6749/
Wakter6736/
Bactăr6727/
Vojter6721/
Huacte6715/
Vadkte6711/
Bacterová673/
Vaktir673/
Bagter672/
Vakhte672/
Vaktte672/
Wazter671/
Bactir671/
Bacthe671/
Vokter671/
Vactay671/
Wacteu671/
Wajter671/
Wacthe670/
Wocter670/

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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 Vacter
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