Wampler Surname

56,615th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,952 people bear this surname

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

Wampler Surname User-submission:

It is a Swiss surname, derived from Wandfluher, which means 'one who comes from near Wandfluh'. Wandfluh is a combined name from wand, meaning 'wall', and fluh, meaning 'steep mass of rock'. The written records for the name begin in the Dietmigen Valley, high in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland.

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Wampler Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8,8971:40,7395,005
Canada241:1,535,233104,339
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2701:39,5424,665

Wampler (15) may also be a first name.

Wampler Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

It is a Swiss surname, derived from Wandfluher, which means 'one who comes from near Wandfluh'. Wandfluh is a combined name from wand, meaning 'wall', and fluh, meaning 'steep mass of rock'. The written records for the name begin in the Dietmigen Valley, high in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland.

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Wampler Last Name Facts

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

Wampler is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wampler? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 56,615th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 814,069 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Wampler are found; 99 percent are found in North America and 99 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Wampler is also the 2,900,335th most commonly held first name at a global level, borne by 15 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 8,897 people, or 1 in 40,739. In The United States Wampler is mostly found in: Indiana, where 11 percent live, Virginia, where 11 percent live and Missouri, where 9 percent live. Aside from The United States this surname occurs in 17 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 0 percent live and Switzerland, where 0 percent live.

Wampler Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wampler has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wampler surname expanded 701 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wampler Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wampler surname are 23.62% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 70.39% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Wampler earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 2.61% less than the national average, earning $42,022 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.91% less than the national average, earning $41,280 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wampfler93544/
Wamplier935/
Whampler933/
Weampler931/
Waumpler930/
Wompler8619/
Wanpler869/
Wempler862/
Wonpler7121/
Vonpeiler501/

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