Wachtendorf Surname
Approximately 1,074 people bear this surname
Wachtendorf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 838 | 1:96,069 | 11,977 |
| United States | 139 | 1:2,607,618 | 157,688 |
| Canada | 95 | 1:387,848 | 34,448 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
Wachtendorf Demographics
Average Wachtendorf Salary in
United States
$38,617 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wachtendorf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wachtendorf Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wachtendorf occurs most in Germany. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wachtendorf? popularity and diffusion
Wachtendorf is the 341,803rd most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 6,785,425 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 78 percent of Wachtendorf live; 78 percent live in Western Europe and 78 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 838 people, or 1 in 96,069. In Germany Wachtendorf is most common in: Lower Saxony, where 85 percent are found, Bremen, where 6 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 4 percent are found. Aside from Germany this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 13 percent are found and Canada, where 9 percent are found.
Wachtendorf Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wachtendorf has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wachtendorf last name grew 1,158 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wachtendorf Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Wachtendorf surname are 12.05% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.82% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Wachtendorf earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 10.5% less than the national average, earning $38,617 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.23% less than the national average, earning $44,105 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wachtendorff | 96 | 208 | / |
| Wahctendorf | 91 | 3 | / |
| Wattendorf | 86 | 174 | / |
| Wastendorf | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wattendorff | 82 | 45 | / |
| Wattendorrf | 82 | 1 | / |
| Batendorf | 80 | 5 | / |
| Weitendorf | 76 | 418 | / |
| Bastendorf | 76 | 98 | / |
| Woitendorf | 76 | 17 | / |
| Battendorf | 76 | 5 | / |
| Bastendorff | 73 | 29 | / |
| Weitendorff | 73 | 7 | / |
| Veytendorf | 67 | 6 | / |
| Bostendorf | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Wachtendorf
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