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 surname Wachters is found most frequently in Belgium. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wachters? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 853,416th most commonly used last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 22,773,581 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Wachters are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 94 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
Wachters is most commonly occurring in Belgium, where it is borne by 217 people, or 1 in 52,980. In Belgium Wachters is most common in: Flemish Region, where 94 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 6 percent are found. Other than Belgium Wachters is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 30 percent are found and Mali, where 1 percent are found.
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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