Wahlter Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Wahlter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Wahlter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wahlter Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wahlter is carried by more people in Sweden than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Wahlter click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wahlter? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wahlter is the 5,587,209th most widely held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name Wahlter is primarily found in Europe, where 83 percent of Wahlter reside; 67 percent reside in Northern Europe and 67 percent reside in Scandinavia.
The surname is most widespread in Sweden, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 1,230,845. In Sweden it is most frequent in: Örebro County, where 63 percent reside, Halland County, where 13 percent reside and Stockholm County, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Sweden this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 17 percent reside and The Philippines, where 8 percent reside.
Wahlter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Wahlter has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wahlter surname contracted 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Wahlter
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