Wasserman Surname
Approximately 17,187 people bear this surname
Wasserman Surname Definition:
(German) One who worked on the water, a seaman.
Read More About This SurnameWasserman Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11,551 | 1:31,379 | 3,911 |
| Israel | 2,534 | 1:3,377 | 468 |
| South Africa | 1,480 | 1:36,607 | 4,696 |
| Canada | 491 | 1:75,042 | 8,471 |
| Argentina | 196 | 1:218,079 | 17,960 |
| Brazil | 117 | 1:1,829,695 | 59,051 |
| Netherlands | 103 | 1:163,953 | 24,033 |
| Sweden | 100 | 1:98,468 | 7,152 |
| England | 92 | 1:605,631 | 36,119 |
| Australia | 68 | 1:396,996 | 32,204 |
| France | 57 | 1:1,165,311 | 123,217 |
| Poland | 51 | 1:745,270 | 61,215 |
| Germany | 43 | 1:1,872,220 | 105,027 |
| Zimbabwe | 37 | 1:417,250 | 37,018 |
| Italy | 34 | 1:1,798,726 | 86,050 |
| Thailand | 31 | 1:2,278,656 | 255,572 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Mexico | 24 | 1:5,171,925 | 29,601 |
| Russia | 21 | 1:6,863,003 | 268,198 |
| Chile | 14 | 1:1,258,320 | 22,898 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Spain | 9 | 1:5,194,671 | 82,436 |
| Panama | 8 | 1:489,032 | 8,962 |
| Costa Rica | 8 | 1:597,509 | 4,667 |
| Paraguay | 7 | 1:1,033,821 | 9,769 |
| Slovakia | 5 | 1:1,067,290 | 85,393 |
| Venezuela | 5 | 1:6,040,815 | 47,898 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Swaziland | 4 | 1:324,550 | 996 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 4 | 1:27,594 | 3,273 |
| Peru | 4 | 1:7,946,031 | 41,846 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 254 | 1:197,711 | 17,239 |
Wasserman (31) may also be a first name.
Wasserman Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) One who worked on the water, a seaman.
(an invented surname) or (from an ancestor's occupation) Either from the zodiac sign Aquarius, which would make it another mazal (“luck”) name or from the occupation of “water carrier.”
User-submitted Reference
Wasserman: German and Ashkenazic Jewish variant for a person who lived by the water.
Wassermann: German variant.
- wassermana18Wasserman Demographics
Average Male Wasserman Height
175.86 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Wasserman Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wasserman Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wasserman (Arabic: فاسرمان) is found most in The United States. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Wasserman.
How Common Is The Last Name Wasserman? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 31,078th most common last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 424,015 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 72 percent of Wasserman are found; 70 percent are found in North America and 69 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Wasserman is also the 1,874,099th most common first name worldwide It is held by 31 people.
The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 11,551 people, or 1 in 31,379. In The United States it is mostly found in: New York, where 21 percent live, California, where 14 percent live and Florida, where 10 percent live. Outside of The United States it is found in 58 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 15 percent live and South Africa, where 9 percent live.
Wasserman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Wasserman has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wasserman surname increased 4,548 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 2,300 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wasserman Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Wasserman surname are 40.97% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 94.2% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Wasserman earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 191.66% more than the national average, earning S/. 56,538 per year; in South Africa they earn 81.92% more than the national average, earning R 432,300 per year; in Colombia they earn 25.78% less than the national average, earning $16,850,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 25.5% more than the national average, earning $54,150 USD per year and in Canada they earn 43.06% more than the national average, earning $71,078 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wasserman Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wasserman in the Arabic language | ||
| فاسرمان | fasrman | - |
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Wasserman Reference & Research
Waterman DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Waterman 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
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