Wachendorff Surname

1,894,523rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 96 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wachendorff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wachendorff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany801:1,006,31869,119
Argentina141:3,053,101127,728
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Wachendorff Last Name Facts

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

Wachendorff is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wachendorff? popularity and diffusion

Wachendorff is the 1,894,523rd most widespread last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 75,911,937 people. Wachendorff is predominantly found in Europe, where 84 percent of Wachendorff live; 84 percent live in Western Europe and 84 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 80 people, or 1 in 1,006,318. In Germany Wachendorff is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 69 percent are found, Hesse, where 25 percent are found and Bavaria, where 4 percent are found. Beside Germany Wachendorff exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 15 percent are found and Austria, where 1 percent are found.

Wachendorff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wachendorff has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wachendorff surname decreased 89 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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
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  • 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 Wachendorff
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