Where Does The Last Name Wachten Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Wachten is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wachten? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name is the 1,177,228^th most frequently used surname on earth, held by around 1 in 36,076,960 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 97 percent of Wachten live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 87 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Wachten is most prevalent in Germany, where it is borne by 175 people, or 1 in 460,031. In Germany it is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 88 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 6 percent live and Bavaria, where 4 percent live. Excluding Germany it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 5 percent live and France, where 4 percent live.

Wachten Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Wachten has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wachten last name fell 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.