Waldeck Surname

76,686th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,387 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Waldeck Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Waldeck Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2,2741:35,4034,678
United States1,8341:197,63319,481
South Africa1,4241:38,0464,881
France2021:328,82549,763
England961:580,39635,131
Australia891:303,32226,493
Brazil741:2,892,89685,224
Canada741:497,91342,460
Austria541:157,69320,874
Sweden521:189,36113,089
Namibia451:53,5426,362
Poland441:863,83566,160
Netherlands291:582,31651,332
Switzerland221:373,31428,226
Zimbabwe181:857,68057,134
New Zealand131:348,33327,379
Thailand111:6,421,668407,040
Norway61:857,04855,549
Uruguay41:857,94031,713
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
Haiti21:5,341,95421,336
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England291:840,53036,623
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3371:149,01713,853

Waldeck (1,636) may also be a first name.

Waldeck Last Name Facts

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

The last name Waldeck (Arabic: فالديك) is found most frequently in Germany. It can also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Waldeck? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 76,686th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 1,140,997 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 44 percent of Waldeck live; 40 percent live in Western Europe and 37 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 190,666th most frequently used first name internationally It is held by 1,636 people.

It is most prevalent in Germany, where it is carried by 2,274 people, or 1 in 35,403. In Germany Waldeck is most frequent in: Hesse, where 29 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 18 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 14 percent live. Besides Germany this surname is found in 36 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 29 percent live and South Africa, where 22 percent live.

Waldeck Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Waldeck has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Waldeck surname expanded 544 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 331 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Waldeck Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Waldeck last name are 15.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.67% registered with the party.

The amount Waldeck earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 5.86% less than the national average, earning 325,795 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 25.31% more than the national average, earning R 297,780 per year; in United States they earn 8.51% more than the national average, earning $46,819 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.33% less than the national average, earning $45,546 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Walldeck9311/
Waldek92546/
Wahldieck888/
Baldeck86431/
Waldick86402/
Valdeck8634/
Woldeck8631/
Waldeke866/
Waldeek861/
Waldiek860/
Wahldick8024/
Valdehck806/
Woldecke805/
Valdieck801/
Wahldeik801/
Vahldeck801/
Walldeak800/
Valdec77175/
Valdek77143/
Baldec777/
Waldik776/
Woldek771/
Waldeg770/
Vahldieck75318/
Waldeková755/
Vahldeick751/
Waaldeijk751/
Baldick71130/
Waldegg7189/
Woldhek7188/
Woldegk7124/
Voldeck7123/
Valdick7121/
Waaldyk7112/
Waldijk718/
Waldyke717/
Vahldek712/
Valdiek712/
Valdesk711/
Valdesc711/
Waldiks711/
Baldeek710/
Boldeck710/
Waldike710/
Vahldiek67620/
Balduyck67210/
Vahldick67204/
Waaldijk67148/
Beildeck6716/
Valhdick672/
Waldeigh672/
Valhdiek671/
Vahldeik671/
Vahldezk671/
Vooldeck671/

Waldeck Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Waldeck in the Arabic language
فالديكfaldyk-

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Waldeck Reference & Research

Walduck One-name Study - A profile of the Walduck surname with contact details for a researcher who collects any information pertaining to it.

Walduck FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Waldeck
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