Wach is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Wach
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Germany
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Wach

How popular is Wach?

Wach is common in Germany.

Wach is ranked 42414 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Wachs grew by 6.546855 per cent to 830 since 2000 and ranked 28704 after elevating 47 spots. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 92.65 95.25
Hispanic or Latino 3.98 2.57
Others 1.2 0.9
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.08 0.9
Wach is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Poland which signifies that it is originated from Poland. Around 11453 people have been found who wears Wach as their family name. Wach is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
823,980 India6
101,066 Zimbabwe5
46,707 New Zealand5
2,967 Vietnam3
10,858 Tunisia2
124,220 Italy2
492,292 Ukraine1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
77,122 Sweden1
9,498 Iceland1
17,236 Ghana1
25,746 Finland1
56,169 Mexico1
897,276 Russia1
31,584 Peru1
38,830 Morocco1
5,916 Mozambique1
810,193 Indonesia1
15,162 Costa Rica1
18,969 Wales1
53,033 Nigeria1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
60,950 Spain28
11,387 Ireland22
52,530 Belgium22
69,202 Netherlands18
92,417 Australia17
7,162 Thailand15
71,084 Czech Republic11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
83,365 Brazil95
49,486 South Africa91
17,264 Israel59
19,965 Switzerland54
Countries with hundreds of Wach:
29,855 United States995
9,345 France967
11,492 Kenya392
17,171 Canada213
5,909 Austria210
40,399 Argentina119
36,041 England118
Countries with thousands of Wach:
634 Poland6,826
8,506 Germany1,143
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Comments

M
Mao Hodder
wach seems to be linked with Dutch WAC, that is to say, humid, swampy terrain in Walloon wache in old french wachas marsh name of the locality or hamlet became surname.

Wach Namesakes

  • Nosson Meir Wachtfogel, Rabbi
  • Alisa Wacharasindhu, Abhisit Vejjajiva's sister
  • Aloys Wach, Artist
  • Anita Wachter, Olympic athlete
  • Marcin Wachowicz, Soccer player
  • Torkel S. Wächter, Novelist
  • Arno Arthur Wachmann, Astronomer
  • Julian Wachner, Composer
  • Nosson Meir Wachtfogel, Rabbi
  • Aviva Wachs, Actress

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