Wachhorst Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Wachhorst Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 39 | 1:2,064,243 | 111,952 |
| United States | 14 | 1:25,889,924 | 709,614 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Wachhorst Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wachhorst Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wachhorst is more commonly found in Germany than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wachhorst? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wachhorst is the 2,661,929th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 74 percent of Wachhorst reside; 74 percent reside in Western Europe and 74 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname Wachhorst is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 2,064,243. In Germany Wachhorst is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 77 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 21 percent reside and Hamburg, where 3 percent reside. Other than Germany it exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 26 percent reside.
Wachhorst Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wachhorst has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 280 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wiechhorst | 84 | 1 | / |
| Weichhorst | 84 | 1 | / |
| Wickhorst | 78 | 154 | / |
| Weckhorst | 78 | 84 | / |
| Watchurst | 78 | 53 | / |
| Weichorst | 78 | 0 | / |
| Bochhorst | 78 | 0 | / |
| Wieckhorst | 74 | 727 | / |
| Weickhorst | 74 | 7 | / |
| Weghorst | 71 | 977 | / |
| Bochorst | 71 | 2 | / |
| Wiekhorst | 67 | 261 | / |
| Wieghorst | 67 | 75 | / |
| Wickherst | 67 | 34 | / |
| Weckhurst | 67 | 15 | / |
| Weekhorst | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wacharasawat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wicrest | 63 | 2 | / |
| Bochurst | 59 | 366 | / |
| Wickerst | 59 | 1 | / |
| Wickersty | 56 | 73 | / |
| Wacharawisoot | 55 | 1 | / |
| Wickeresty | 53 | 8 | / |
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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 Wachhorst
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