Wolter Surname
Approximately 47,209 people bear this surname
Wolter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 34,903 | 1:2,307 | 209 |
| United States | 6,449 | 1:56,204 | 6,701 |
| Brazil | 1,344 | 1:159,281 | 6,146 |
| Australia | 510 | 1:52,933 | 6,534 |
| France | 480 | 1:138,381 | 21,255 |
| Poland | 468 | 1:81,215 | 12,604 |
| Netherlands | 442 | 1:38,206 | 6,457 |
| Luxembourg | 368 | 1:1,578 | 166 |
| Canada | 307 | 1:120,018 | 12,640 |
| Denmark | 295 | 1:19,135 | 1,901 |
| Argentina | 194 | 1:220,327 | 18,124 |
| Tanzania | 170 | 1:311,421 | 23,787 |
| Sweden | 166 | 1:59,318 | 4,556 |
| Belgium | 145 | 1:79,287 | 12,505 |
| Switzerland | 132 | 1:62,219 | 7,689 |
| South Africa | 119 | 1:455,275 | 38,276 |
| Israel | 99 | 1:86,441 | 10,271 |
| England | 64 | 1:870,595 | 45,570 |
| New Zealand | 62 | 1:73,037 | 10,843 |
| Chile | 46 | 1:382,967 | 10,457 |
| Aruba | 42 | 1:2,464 | 355 |
| Norway | 42 | 1:122,435 | 16,038 |
| Thailand | 40 | 1:1,765,959 | 222,048 |
| Indonesia | 39 | 1:3,391,005 | 183,158 |
| Italy | 38 | 1:1,609,387 | 83,030 |
| Austria | 27 | 1:315,386 | 35,058 |
| Spain | 22 | 1:2,125,093 | 54,547 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| Czechia | 19 | 1:559,656 | 56,138 |
| Russia | 18 | 1:8,006,836 | 292,169 |
| Ecuador | 15 | 1:1,060,390 | 14,974 |
| Hungary | 14 | 1:701,163 | 38,752 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Venezuela | 8 | 1:3,775,510 | 36,567 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Mexico | 7 | 1:17,732,315 | 50,495 |
| Isle of Man | 7 | 1:12,260 | 2,387 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 19 | 1:1,282,914 | 46,315 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 509 | 1:98,661 | 10,028 |
Wolter (3,913) may also be a first name.
Wolter Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English) Descendant of Walter (rule, folk).
User-submitted Reference
One origin of the surname Walters comes from the name Walter or Wolter from what is today Germany. The name comes from the root word, wald, which refers to ruling and having an army.
- slcgruntWolter Demographics
Average Male Wolter Height
179.86 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Wolter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wolter Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wolter (Arabic: فولتر, Hindi: वाल्टर) is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wolter? popularity and diffusion
Wolter is the 11,899th most frequent family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 154,368 people. The last name Wolter is predominantly found in Europe, where 80 percent of Wolter live; 77 percent live in Western Europe and 76 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 111,978th most widespread first name internationally, borne by 3,913 people.
The last name Wolter is most widespread in Germany, where it is carried by 34,903 people, or 1 in 2,307. In Germany Wolter is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 23 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 18 percent live and Brandenburg, where 10 percent live. Not including Germany this last name occurs in 74 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 14 percent live and Brazil, where 3 percent live.
Wolter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wolter has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wolter last name grew 1,267 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 337 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wolter Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Wolter surname are 22.62% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 69.39% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Wolter earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 17.78% more than the national average, earning €35,368 per year; in Norway they earn 14.68% less than the national average, earning 295,280 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 162.9% more than the national average, earning R 624,744 per year; in United States they earn 10.98% more than the national average, earning $47,888 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.85% more than the national average, earning $55,571 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wolter Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wolter in the Hindi language | ||
| वाल्टर | valtara | - |
| Wolter in the Arabic language | ||
| فولتر | fwltr | - |
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Wolter Reference & Research
Walters DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Walters FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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
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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 Wolter
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