Walchester Surname

1,596,935th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 127 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Walchester Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Walchester Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1171:476,22330,919
Wales51:618,90625,852
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England161:1,523,46151,234

Walchester Last Name Facts

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

The last name Walchester is found most frequently in England. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Walchester? popularity and diffusion

The surname Walchester is the 1,596,935th most frequent last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 57,382,251 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Walchester live; 97 percent live in Northern Europe and 97 percent live in British Isles.

Walchester is most frequently used in England, where it is borne by 117 people, or 1 in 476,223. In England it is primarily concentrated in: Staffordshire, where 84 percent are found, Derbyshire, where 7 percent are found and Greater London, where 3 percent are found. Excluding England this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Wales, where 4 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.

Walchester Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Walchester has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Walchester surname expanded 731 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Walchester Last Name Statistics demography

Walchester earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 49.01% less than the national average, earning $22,000 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wallchester950/
Wilchester9032/
Walkester841/
Wilchester-W821/
Wiley-Chester781/
Walkister741/

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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 Walchester
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