Watscher Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Watscher Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 8 | 1:1,064,429 | 75,134 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Watscher Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Watscher Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Watscher is found in Austria more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Watscher? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,057,639th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 93 percent of Watscher are found; 93 percent are found in Western Europe and 93 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most frequently used in Austria, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 1,064,429. In Austria it is mostly found in: Carinthia, where 100 percent live. Apart from Austria it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 40 percent live and The United States, where 7 percent live.
Watscher Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Watscher has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Watscher surname fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Watscher
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