Waterfeld Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Waterfeld Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 15 | 1:5,367,031 | 196,901 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
Waterfeld Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waterfeld Come From? nationality or country of origin
Waterfeld has its highest incidence in Germany. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Waterfeld? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,532,898th most commonly held surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 79 percent of Waterfeld live; 79 percent live in Western Europe and 79 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most commonly used in Germany, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 5,367,031. In Germany it is primarily found in: Hesse, where 87 percent live, Bavaria, where 7 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 7 percent live. Aside from Germany it occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 21 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watterfield | 90 | 0 | / |
| Waterfeel | 89 | 1 | / |
| Waterfell | 89 | 0 | / |
| Weatherfield | 86 | 169 | / |
| Wetterfeld | 84 | 9 | / |
| Batterfeld | 84 | 1 | / |
| Vasterfeld | 84 | 0 | / |
| Wosterfeld | 84 | 0 | / |
| Wetherfield | 80 | 36 | / |
| Weatherfiel | 80 | 1 | / |
| Batherffeld | 80 | 1 | / |
| Weatherfild | 80 | 0 | / |
| Waterfill | 78 | 84 | / |
| Baterfelt | 78 | 0 | / |
| Batterfild | 74 | 5 | / |
| Beaterfelt | 74 | 0 | / |
| Batterfil | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wetterfält | 63 | 3 | / |
| Wotterfill | 63 | 0 | / |
| Botterfill | 53 | 0 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Waterfeld
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