Wasserman Surname

31,078th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17,187 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Wasserman Surname Definition:

(German) One who worked on the water, a seaman.

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Wasserman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11,5511:31,3793,911
Israel2,5341:3,377468
South Africa1,4801:36,6074,696
Canada4911:75,0428,471
Argentina1961:218,07917,960
Brazil1171:1,829,69559,051
Netherlands1031:163,95324,033
Sweden1001:98,4687,152
England921:605,63136,119
Australia681:396,99632,204
France571:1,165,311123,217
Poland511:745,27061,215
Germany431:1,872,220105,027
Zimbabwe371:417,25037,018
Italy341:1,798,72686,050
Thailand311:2,278,656255,572
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Mexico241:5,171,92529,601
Russia211:6,863,003268,198
Chile141:1,258,32022,898
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Spain91:5,194,67182,436
Panama81:489,0328,962
Costa Rica81:597,5094,667
Paraguay71:1,033,8219,769
Slovakia51:1,067,29085,393
Venezuela51:6,040,81547,898
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Swaziland41:324,550996
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
United States Virgin Islands41:27,5943,273
Peru41:7,946,03141,846
China31:455,773,85521,925
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2541:197,71117,239

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.

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

(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.”

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

User-submitted Reference

Wasserman: German and Ashkenazic Jewish variant for a person who lived by the water.

Wassermann: German variant.

- wassermana18

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

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Wasserman in the Arabic language
فاسرمانfasrman-

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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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