Wolters Surname

17,281st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32,059 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Wolters Surname Definition:

For Walters, q.v.

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Wolters Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany14,6871:5,481659
Netherlands10,2501:1,648100
United States5,0521:71,7468,298
Canada5241:70,3168,055
Belgium4241:27,1154,321
Australia2211:122,15213,424
France1701:390,72257,689
Thailand901:784,870127,251
South Africa771:703,60750,359
England751:742,90741,196
Switzerland641:128,32712,782
Brazil551:3,892,261106,836
Dominican Republic541:193,2027,170
Sweden521:189,36113,089
Denmark461:122,71111,225
Argentina381:1,124,82767,975
New Zealand361:125,78715,451
Spain351:1,335,77243,485
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Hungary111:892,38945,166
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Guatemala81:2,010,3346,458
China71:195,331,65210,124
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Austria51:1,703,08789,702
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England241:1,015,64040,589
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3751:133,91612,757

Wolters (41) may also be a first name.

Wolters Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

For Walters, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Descendant of Walter (rule, folk).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

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.

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Wolters Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wolters is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wolters? popularity and diffusion

Wolters is the 17,281st most prevalent family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 227,317 people. Wolters is predominantly found in Europe, where 81 percent of Wolters reside; 80 percent reside in Western Europe and 79 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Wolters is also the 1,590,275th most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 41 people.

The surname Wolters is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 14,687 people, or 1 in 5,481. In Germany it is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 53 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 27 percent live and Bremen, where 4 percent live. Excluding Germany it exists in 59 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 32 percent live and The United States, where 16 percent live.

Wolters Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wolters has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wolters surname rose 1,347 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 313 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wolters Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wolters surname are 24.85% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 71.62% being registered with the party.

The amount Wolters earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 27.61% less than the national average, earning R 172,020 per year; in United States they earn 10.19% more than the national average, earning $47,544 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.33% less than the national average, earning $48,526 CAD per year.

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Wolters 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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