# Wachter (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/wachter/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,601 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,247 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 67,104 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.9% (4,513 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Wachter in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Wachter in Austria and the United States.

## People named Wachter

- Anita Wachter, Austrian alpine skier
- Otto Wächter, Austrian Nazi lawyer and politician (1901-1949)
- Matt Wachter, American musician
- Eberhard Wächter, Austrian baritone (1929–1992)

## Similar surnames

Waechter, Wester, Westerman, Westerfield, Western, Westrick, Wooster, Westervelt, Wickstrom, Westra, Westerlund, Westerberg.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.