Wassermann Surname

68,608th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,240 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Wassermann Surname Definition:

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

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Wassermann Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4,9231:16,3532,160
Austria6921:12,3061,729
United States4341:835,15963,868
South Africa3611:150,07717,029
France1871:355,20253,191
Brazil1071:2,000,69563,541
Argentina1061:403,24030,872
Switzerland741:110,98511,556
Italy631:970,74168,914
Canada491:751,95159,756
Poland411:927,04369,048
Sweden291:339,54323,803
Australia231:1,173,72664,589
England191:2,932,529101,561
Denmark171:332,04223,714
Hungary131:755,09840,181
Slovakia131:410,49652,415
Russia131:11,086,389347,183
Thailand121:5,886,529390,733
Belgium81:1,437,08092,692
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Slovenia51:497,53521,006
Chile41:4,404,11844,633
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Uruguay41:857,94031,713
China41:341,830,39216,990
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States261:1,931,48897,398

Wassermann (19) may also be a first name.

Wassermann 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

User-submitted Reference

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

Wassermann: German variant.

- wassermana18

Wassermann Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wassermann is found most in Germany. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Wassermann click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wassermann? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 68,608th most commonly used last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,006,567 people. Wassermann occurs predominantly in Europe, where 85 percent of Wassermann live; 81 percent live in Western Europe and 79 percent live in Germanic Europe. Wassermann is also the 2,523,061st most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 19 people.

The surname is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 4,923 people, or 1 in 16,353. In Germany it is most frequent in: Bavaria, where 34 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 14 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 11 percent live. Other than Germany it is found in 45 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 10 percent live and The United States, where 6 percent live.

Wassermann Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wassermann has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wassermann surname increased 1,669 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 950 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wassermann Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wassermann last name are 13.43% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.2% being registered with the party.

The amount Wassermann earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 85.49% more than the national average, earning R 440,784 per year; in United States they earn 23.71% more than the national average, earning $53,378 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.57% less than the national average, earning $43,935 CAD per year.

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Wassermann 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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