Wachelder Surname

970,883rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 267 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Wachelder Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wachelder Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands2541:66,48511,373
France71:9,488,960336,266
Germany61:13,417,576340,600

Wachelder Last Name Facts

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

Wachelder is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wachelder? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 970,883rd most frequent family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 27,294,179 people. The surname Wachelder is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Wachelder are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 254 people, or 1 in 66,485. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: Limburg, where 81 percent are found, North Brabant, where 7 percent are found and Gelderland, where 6 percent are found. Outside of The Netherlands Wachelder is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in France, where 3 percent are found and Germany, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Wachelder
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis