Wälter Surname
Approximately 434 people bear this surname
Wälter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 378 | 1:212,977 | 24,077 |
| Switzerland | 56 | 1:146,659 | 14,074 |
Wälter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wälter Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wälter occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wälter? popularity and diffusion
Wälter is the 684,148th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 16,791,580 people. Wälter is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Wälter live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.
It is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 378 people, or 1 in 212,977. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 86 percent are found, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 10 percent are found and Hesse, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Germany it exists in one country. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wälther | 92 | 12 | / |
| Wlter | 91 | 4 | / |
| Welter | 83 | 27,236 | / |
| Wilter | 83 | 251 | / |
| Wölter | 83 | 28 | / |
| Wlther | 83 | 1 | / |
| Welther | 77 | 737 | / |
| Waelter | 77 | 49 | / |
| Wellter | 77 | 20 | / |
| Willter | 77 | 19 | / |
| Wilther | 77 | 10 | / |
| Wiltter | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wiltger | 77 | 1 | / |
| Weltter | 77 | 1 | / |
| Woelter | 77 | 0 | / |
| Weltier | 77 | 0 | / |
| Vlter | 73 | 1 | / |
| Waelther | 71 | 1 | / |
| Belter | 67 | 4,012 | / |
| Bölter | 67 | 1,293 | / |
| Velter | 67 | 870 | / |
| Bülter | 67 | 859 | / |
| Vilter | 67 | 344 | / |
| Völter | 67 | 320 | / |
| Bilter | 67 | 125 | / |
| Weltre | 67 | 4 | / |
| Welterova | 67 | 2 | / |
| Weltir | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vltetr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vllter | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wiltre | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Wälter
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