Wachau Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Wachau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 14 | 1:5,750,390 | 205,224 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Wachau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wachau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wachau is most common in Germany. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wachau? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,665,662nd most numerous surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname Wachau is mostly found in Europe, where 52 percent of Wachau live; 52 percent live in Western Europe and 52 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 5,750,390. In Germany it is most frequent in: Lower Saxony, where 93 percent reside and Thuringia, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 45 percent reside and Austria, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Wachau
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