Waldsmith Surname

959,117th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 272 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Waldsmith Surname Definition:

(German) The smith, the worker in metals, who lived and worked in the forest.

Waldsmith Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2721:1,332,57092,890
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States751:669,58243,760

Waldsmith Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) The smith, the worker in metals, who lived and worked in the forest.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Waldsmith Last Name Facts

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

The surname Waldsmith is found most frequently in The United States. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Waldsmith? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 959,117th most commonly occurring last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 26,792,448 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Waldsmith live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Waldsmith is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 272 people, or 1 in 1,332,570. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Ohio, where 16 percent live, Wisconsin, where 15 percent live and California, where 10 percent live.

Waldsmith Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Waldsmith has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Waldsmith surname increased 363 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Waldsmith Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Waldsmith are 16.31% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 63.08% being registered to vote for the political party.

Waldsmith earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 18.27% more than the national average, earning $51,034 USD per year.

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