Wambach Surname

150,120th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,940 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wambach Surname User-submission:

The surname appears to be locational: Wambach is a municipality in Hesse (Staat), Germany.

Wambach Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,5981:50,3796,572
United States1,1281:321,32929,290
South Africa491:1,105,66765,349
France431:1,544,714145,815
Austria241:354,81038,119
Belgium181:638,70256,744
Netherlands131:1,299,01473,030
Brazil121:17,839,528311,080
Hungary101:981,62846,877
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
England71:7,959,723202,100
Czechia61:1,772,245105,647
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Malta11:430,2723,380
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1161:432,92031,560

Wambach Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname appears to be locational: Wambach is a municipality in Hesse (Staat), Germany.

- jaynewlin

Wambach Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wambach occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Wambach.

How Common Is The Last Name Wambach? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 150,120th most frequently held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 2,478,757 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 59 percent of Wambach reside; 58 percent reside in Western Europe and 56 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most prevalent in Germany, where it is carried by 1,598 people, or 1 in 50,379. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 22 percent are found, Bavaria, where 21 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 20 percent are found. Apart from Germany Wambach is found in 23 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 38 percent are found and South Africa, where 2 percent are found.

Wambach Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wambach has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wambach last name increased 972 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wambach Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wambach last name are 0.91% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 52.32% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Wambach earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 85.35% more than the national average, earning R 440,460 per year; in United States they earn 17.72% more than the national average, earning $50,797 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.31% less than the national average, earning $44,559 CAD per year.

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Wambach Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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