Wexler Surname
Approximately 10,409 people bear this surname
Wexler Surname Definition:
(German) One who was a banker or money changer.
Read More About This SurnameWexler Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6,933 | 1:52,280 | 6,297 |
| Israel | 2,443 | 1:3,503 | 481 |
| Canada | 321 | 1:114,784 | 12,212 |
| France | 188 | 1:353,312 | 52,982 |
| Germany | 130 | 1:619,273 | 49,237 |
| Argentina | 120 | 1:356,195 | 27,792 |
| England | 114 | 1:488,755 | 31,416 |
| Australia | 39 | 1:692,197 | 46,687 |
| South Africa | 25 | 1:2,167,108 | 94,352 |
| Brazil | 20 | 1:10,703,717 | 220,519 |
| Thailand | 15 | 1:4,709,223 | 352,754 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Costa Rica | 5 | 1:956,014 | 6,058 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,107,467 | 26,093 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 67 | 1:749,533 | 47,599 |
Wexler (80) may also be a first name.
Wexler Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) One who was a banker or money changer.
User-submitted Reference
Deriving from the German 'Geldwechsler', which translates into 'money exchanger', the surname Veksler and it's variants is sometimes indicative of German and Jewish lineage.
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Wexler Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wexler Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wexler is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Wexler click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wexler? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 49,427th most frequently held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 700,120 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 70 percent of Wexler live; 68 percent live in North America and 68 percent live in Anglo-North America. Wexler is also the 1,075,395th most widespread forename on earth It is held by 80 people.
It is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 6,933 people, or 1 in 52,280. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 18 percent reside, California, where 13 percent reside and Florida, where 10 percent reside. Not including The United States it exists in 41 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 23 percent reside and Canada, where 3 percent reside.
Wexler Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Wexler has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 10,348 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 200 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 75 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Wexler Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Wexler last name are 42.63% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 95.86% registered with the political party.
The amount Wexler earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 162.92% more than the national average, earning 909,904 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 259% more than the national average, earning R 853,116 per year; in United States they earn 30.71% more than the national average, earning $56,398 USD per year and in Canada they earn 50.28% more than the national average, earning $74,666 CAD per year.
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