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    The surname Waechter

    A surname, carried by 1,157 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W236

    Waechter: #22,281 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Waechter #22,281, 1,157 people Waechter: #22,281 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Waechter #22,281, 1,157 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Waechter is more common than 86.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,157 people named Waechter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 266,850 Americans. That is down 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,182.

    #22,281
    rank among US surnames
    1,157
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -2.1%
    change since 2000 (was #20,778)

    Who is named Waechter

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    97% of people named Waechter identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Waechter

    Waechter has the Soundex code W236, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W236.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Waechter?
    1,157 people in the United States had the surname Waechter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 266,850 Americans. It ranked 22,281st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Waechter?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Waechter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.1% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Waechter getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,182 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,157 in 2010, down 2.1%.