Wchter Surname
Approximately 96 people bear this surname
Wchter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 79 | 1:1,019,056 | 69,716 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Austria | 4 | 1:2,128,859 | 91,203 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Wchter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wchter Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wchter is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wchter? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wchter is the 1,894,523rd most commonly occurring family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 75,911,937 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Wchter reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 79 people, or 1 in 1,019,056. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Hesse, where 29 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 24 percent live and Bavaria, where 13 percent live. Apart from Germany this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 10 percent live and Austria, where 4 percent live.
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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
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- 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 Wchter
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