Wechter Surname
Approximately 1,201 people bear this surname
Wechter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 962 | 1:376,776 | 33,323 |
| Brazil | 63 | 1:3,398,005 | 96,455 |
| Germany | 59 | 1:1,364,499 | 85,126 |
| France | 39 | 1:1,703,147 | 154,208 |
| Poland | 20 | 1:1,900,437 | 96,203 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Argentina | 8 | 1:5,342,927 | 168,491 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 4 | 1:27,594 | 3,273 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 151 | 1:332,574 | 25,759 |
Wechter Demographics
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Wechter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wechter Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wechter is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Wechter.
How Common Is The Last Name Wechter? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 313,034th most frequent family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 6,067,898 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 87 percent of Wechter live; 81 percent live in North America and 81 percent live in Anglo-North America.
The surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 962 people, or 1 in 376,776. In The United States it is most numerous in: New York, where 16 percent reside, Ohio, where 14 percent reside and Florida, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States this last name occurs in 21 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 5 percent reside and Germany, where 5 percent reside.
Wechter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wechter has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wechter last name increased 637 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wechter Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Wechter surname are 12.99% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 59.76% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Wechter earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 17.46% more than the national average, earning $50,684 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.7% more than the national average, earning $50,527 CAD per year.
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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 Wechter
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