Waldeker Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Czechia

Waldeker Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Waldeker Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland101:3,800,875132,137
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Waldeker Last Name Facts

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

Waldeker is more commonly found in Poland than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Waldeker? popularity and diffusion

Waldeker is the 5,057,639th most frequent surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of Waldeker reside; 93 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 93 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.

It is most commonly used in Poland, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 3,800,875. Without taking into account Poland this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Czechia, where 27 percent live and The United States, where 7 percent live.

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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 Waldeker
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