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

Family Name / Last Name: Wecker
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Wecker

How popular is Wecker?

Wecker is common in United States.

Wecker is ranked 96462 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Weckers grew by 10.94595 per cent to 821 since 2000 and ranked 28940 after elevating 992 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 96.71 97.16
Others 1.46 0.68
Hispanic or Latino 1.22 0.95
Wecker is quite popular family name mostly used in Germany while Luxembourg is ahead in terms of density. Around 4381 people have been found who wears Wecker as their family name. Wecker is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
96,935 Spain10
1,169 New Caledonia2
91,784 Netherlands2
20,595 China2
95,312 Argentina2
34,572 Israel2
1,704,541 India1
30,360 Thailand1
37,493 Austria1
10,190 Bahrain1
12,270 Lebanon1
492,292 Ukraine1
36,814 Romania1
21,562 Portugal1
16,073 Latvia1
7,191 Afghanistan1
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
15,572 Switzerland72
801 Luxembourg66
50,757 Canada60
Countries with hundreds of Wecker:
20,574 Brazil620
40,824 France245
14,049 Australia193
Countries with thousands of Wecker:
4,735 Germany1,916
25,963 United States1,179
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Sandra Derbyshire
The origin of the name is Germanic etymology of the name comes from the agglutination of German wecken and the suffix er: one that stays awake the name is a nickname that specifies the ancient craft: the watchman.

Wecker Namesakes

  • Johannes Jacob Wecker, Physician
  • Andi Wecker, Film producer
  • Andreas Wecker, Olympic athlete
  • Andreas Wecker, Olympic athlete
  • Jean-Baptiste Weckerlin, Composer
  • Gero Wecker, Film producer
  • Helene Wecker, Author
  • Jean-Baptiste Weckerlin, Composer
  • Kendra Wecker, Basketball Player
  • Konstantin Wecker, Singer

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