Wachtel is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Wachtel
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Germany
Meaning:

Wachtel is variation of Wachter. The watchman or guard.

How popular is Wachtel?

Wachtel is common in United States, Germany, Israel, Brazil, Australia, France.

Wachtel is ranked 67419 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Wachtel bearers increased by 3.67 per cent in 2010 US census to 2033 since 2000, the surname slipped by 552 spots and ranked at 14636. The last name was found in around 7 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.33 97.5
Hispanic or Latino 2.36 1.17
Others 1.08 0.56
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.74 0.36
Wachtel is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Germany is ahead in terms of density. Around 7383 people have been found who wears Wachtel as their family name. Wachtel is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Wachtel:
12,358 United States3,171
3,516 Germany3,026
Countries with hundreds of Wachtel:
4,005 Israel310
34,439 Brazil221
15,637 Australia184
80,926 France108
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
39,784 Canada80
18,198 Austria64
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
55,443 England47
45,478 Czechia27
25,592 Switzerland25
100,871 Argentina21
137,638 South Africa12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
132,137 Poland10
49,203 Hungary9
85,467 Netherlands9
107,736 Kazakhstan6
55,549 Norway6

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Andreas Wachtel hailed from Bavaria. 9 years old embarked for Wisconsin from Bremen on Emma and arrived on June 24, 1850. Ann-Katharine Wachtel, aged 13, Dorothea Wachtel, aged 54, Elizabeth Wachtel, 23 years old Franzis Wachtel, Joseph Wachtel, aged 18, Katharine Wachtel, aged 26, Valentin Wachtel, aged 60, Georg Wachtel (33) Bricklayer, and 141 other Wachtel majority of whom were farmer and others worked as laborer and clerk, merchant, blacksmith, shoemaker, spinster, daughter migrated to US.

Wachtel Namesakes

  • Christine Wachtel, German track and field athlete
  • Eleanor Wachtel, Canadian writer and broadcaster
  • Waddy Wachtel, American musician, composer and record producer
  • Marion Wachtel, plein air painter in watercolors and oils that lived and worked with her artist husband Elmer Wachtel

Wachtel Namesakes

  • Christine Wachtel, German track and field athlete
  • Eleanor Wachtel, Canadian writer and broadcaster
  • Waddy Wachtel, American musician, composer and record producer
  • Marion Wachtel, plein air painter in watercolors and oils that lived and worked with her artist husband Elmer Wachtel

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