Wolcher Surname

2,136,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Sweden

Wolcher Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wolcher Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil601:3,567,906100,128
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
United States91:40,273,215872,126
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Wölcher (49) are calculated separately.

Wolcher Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wolcher Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Wolcher is held by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It may occur as: Wölcher. For other possible spellings of Wolcher click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wolcher? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,136,387th most frequent last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 93,430,076 people. The surname Wolcher is mostly found in The Americas, where 88 percent of Wolcher reside; 77 percent reside in South America and 77 percent reside in Luso-South America.

It is most frequently occurring in Brazil, where it is held by 60 people, or 1 in 3,567,906. In Brazil it is most prevalent in: Paraná, where 57 percent are found, São Paulo, where 35 percent are found and Santa Catarina, where 3 percent are found. Barring Brazil it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 12 percent are found and The United States, where 12 percent are found.

Wolcher Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wolcher has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wolcher last name increased 900 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wolcher Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wolcher surname are 38.94% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 85.71% being registered to vote for the party.

Wolcher earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 34.29% more than the national average, earning $57,946 USD 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
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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 Wolcher
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