Wacker is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Wacker
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Worn in Alsace and Moselle, the name is the German word "wacker" (= awake, alert). Derivative: Wackerle. Composition: Wackermann.

How popular is Wacker?

Wacker is common in United States.

Wacker is ranked 28980 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Wackers grew by 17.23602 per cent to 4530 since 2000 and ranked 7356 after elevating 585 spots. The last name was found in around 15 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 88.63 93.12
Black 6.25 3.6
Hispanic or Latino 2.05 1.19
Others 1.66 1.29
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.77 0.49
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.64 0.31
Wacker is quite popular family name mostly used in Germany while Cayman Islands is ahead in terms of density. Around 17420 people have been found who wears Wacker as their family name. Wacker is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
83,411 Czech Republic8
1,005 Cayman Islands7
6,270 Hong Kong3
24,547 Saudi Arabia3
1,347 Liberia2
13,552 Qatar2
20,595 China2
3,871 Paraguay2
15,162 Costa Rica1
846 American Samoa1
2,374 Bermuda1
492,292 Ukraine1
9,541 Turkmenistan1
28,365 Kenya1
17,575 Kuwait1
17,236 Ghana1
2,024 Mongolia1
10,683 Cyprus1
36,678 Singapore1
7,895 South Korea1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
34,581 Chile1
3,243 Suriname1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
14,946 New Zealand38
9,692 Ireland27
80,267 Kazakhstan24
313,372 Russia23
71,920 Spain22
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
6,434 Denmark93
12,704 Sweden73
33,970 Netherlands66
11,009 Finland60
29,438 Belgium52
Countries with hundreds of Wacker:
1,974 Switzerland540
3,041 Austria367
18,962 Argentina284
39,199 Philippines258
42,934 France233
47,291 Brazil223
32,575 South Africa164
21,011 Mexico157
37,308 England113
30,049 Canada112
22,464 Australia110
Countries with thousands of Wacker:
743 Germany9,347
7,585 United States4,990
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Comments

D
Dionne Boozer
wacker is a surname locates in Alsace and Lorraine it comes from the Middle High German wacker which means bright, alert, as brave, courageous and has been employed as a nickname some authors believe that it would be a form of the old name German Wacher, with the watchful direction of the army.

Wacker Namesakes

  • Chad Wackerman, Drummer
  • Brooks Wackerman, Musician
  • Brooks Wackerman, Musician
  • Chad Wackerman, Drummer
  • Ingrid Wacker, Film Editor
  • Brooks Wackerman, Musician
  • Francis Diederich Wackerbarth, Author
  • Christof Wackernagel, Actor
  • Jim Wacker, Coach
  • Maia Wackernagel, Film Score Composer
  • Till Wacker, from 2008 drama film Goldfische, who characterized the Tim.

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