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 surname Wahlter is found in Sweden more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Wahlter.
How Common Is The Last Name Wahlter? popularity and diffusion
Wahlter is the 5,587,209th most numerous family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 83 percent of Wahlter live; 67 percent live in Northern Europe and 67 percent live in Scandinavia.
The last name Wahlter is most widely held in Sweden, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 1,230,845. In Sweden it is mostly found in: Örebro County, where 63 percent reside, Halland County, where 13 percent reside and Stockholm County, where 13 percent reside. Outside of Sweden this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 17 percent reside and The Philippines, where 8 percent reside.
Wahlter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wahlter has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wahlter surname declined 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
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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 Wahlter
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