Wäckerlin Surname

864,701st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 314 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Wäckerlin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wäckerlin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland3061:26,8404,128
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

The alternate forms: Wackerlin (143) are calculated separately.

Wäckerlin Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wäckerlin is more commonly found in Switzerland than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Wackerlin. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wäckerlin? popularity and diffusion

Wäckerlin is the 864,701st most numerous surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 23,208,745 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Wäckerlin live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Wäckerlin is most common in Switzerland, where it is held by 306 people, or 1 in 26,840. In Switzerland it is mostly concentrated in: Canton of Schaffhausen, where 54 percent live, Canton of Zürich, where 27 percent live and Canton of Bern, where 6 percent live. Excluding Switzerland it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 1 percent live and Germany, where 1 percent live.

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Footnotes

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