Wagter Surname

416,960th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 834 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Wagter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wagter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands5411:31,2155,173
South Africa1141:475,24339,351
United States731:4,965,191254,179
Canada711:518,95243,932
Belgium161:718,54060,840
England91:6,190,895170,599
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Wagter Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wagter Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Wagter is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wagter? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 416,960th most commonly occurring family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 8,738,065 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 68 percent of Wagter live; 67 percent live in Western Europe and 67 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 541 people, or 1 in 31,215. In The Netherlands Wagter is most common in: South Holland, where 21 percent reside, Gelderland, where 15 percent reside and North Holland, where 12 percent reside. Barring The Netherlands it is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 14 percent reside and The United States, where 9 percent reside.

Wagter Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wagter surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Wagter earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 51.52% less than the national average, earning R 115,212 per year; in United States they earn 7.55% more than the national average, earning $46,406 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.82% more than the national average, earning $53,071 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Waigter920/
Wegter83385/
Wacter8364/
Wakter8336/
Bagter832/
Vagter831/
Wackter779/
Wacther775/
Vaegter774/
Waecter772/
Waikter771/
Baugter771/
Wakther771/
Weigtger710/
Vegter672,141/
Bacter67153/
Vogter6749/
Vakter6748/
Vacter6747/
Wekter675/
Bagtir675/
Whoogterp673/
Waqtir671/
Waktre671/
Wocter670/

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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
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  • 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 Wagter
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