Wälty Surname

1,017,412th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 249 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Wälty Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wälty Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland2461:33,3864,907
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759

Wälty Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wälty occurs more in Switzerland more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Wälty.

How Common Is The Last Name Wälty? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wälty is the 1,017,412th most frequently used surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 29,267,253 people. The surname Wälty occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Wälty are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 98 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly used in Switzerland, where it is carried by 246 people, or 1 in 33,386. In Switzerland Wälty is most numerous in: Canton of Aargau, where 58 percent reside, Canton of Zürich, where 23 percent reside and Canton of Basel-Landschaft, where 6 percent reside. Other than Switzerland this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Sweden, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Welty807,140/
Wälti803,498/
Wälte80132/
Wilty8063/
Wltey800/
Waelty7378/
Welthy7361/
Wiltey7341/
Wählte7333/
Wealty7323/
Whelty735/
Weltey734/
Whilty732/
Whltty732/
Vwelty731/
Weilty731/
Weltay731/
Wuilty730/
Wellty730/
Wealthy67159/
Wälther6712/
Whiltey673/
Vlty671/
Wiltych671/
Wlta671/
Wlti671/
Welthey670/
Welltey670/

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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 Wälty
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