Wachters Surname
Approximately 320 people bear this surname
Wachters Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 217 | 1:52,980 | 8,637 |
| Netherlands | 96 | 1:175,908 | 25,337 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wachters Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wachters Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wachters is borne by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wachters? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wachters is the 853,416th most frequent last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 22,773,581 people. The surname Wachters is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Wachters reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 94 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname Wachters is most frequently occurring in Belgium, where it is held by 217 people, or 1 in 52,980. In Belgium it is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 94 percent reside and Walloon Region, where 6 percent reside. Besides Belgium Wachters occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 30 percent reside and Mali, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waschters | 94 | 1 | / |
| Wacters | 93 | 0 | / |
| Washters | 88 | 0 | / |
| Wasters | 80 | 0 | / |
| Woucters | 75 | 47 | / |
| Wocthers | 75 | 1 | / |
| Basters | 67 | 426 | / |
| Vasters | 67 | 107 | / |
| Baxters | 67 | 15 | / |
| Bazters | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wojters | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wosters | 67 | 0 | / |
| Weijters | 63 | 362 | / |
| Weysters | 63 | 44 | / |
| Weisters | 63 | 30 | / |
| Woosters | 63 | 4 | / |
| Basterås | 63 | 3 | / |
| Beasters | 63 | 0 | / |
| Basthers | 63 | 0 | / |
| Weijsters | 59 | 77 | / |
| Vosters | 53 | 1,540 | / |
| Bosters | 53 | 455 | / |
| Vastairs | 50 | 1 | / |
| Beysters | 50 | 1 | / |
| Bousters | 50 | 1 | / |
| Veisters | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Wachters
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