Waser is used as a family name or surname in Switzerland. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Waser
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Switzerland
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Waser

How popular is Waser?

Waser is common in Switzerland.

Waser is ranked 130588 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Wasers plummeted by 22.07358 per cent to 233 since 2000 and slipped by 18604 spots and ranked at 81181. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 96.14 96.66
Black 2.58 0
Waser is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in Switzerland which may be its originating country too. Around 3009 people have been found who wears Waser as their family name. Waser is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
541,660 Russia8
381,097 Ukraine4
10,542 China4
119,730 Brazil3
723,167 Indonesia2
10,958 Bangladesh1
165,773 Belarus1
49,101 Denmark1
25,746 Finland1
49,529 Israel1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
53,505 Turkey1
4,435 Togo1
36,678 Singapore1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
42,407 Sweden22
155,219 England16
26,722 New Zealand14
536,142 India13
4,338 Costa Rica12
171,702 Canada12
94,038 Spain11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
24,811 Australia97
29,959 Netherlands80
85,668 Italy56
Countries with hundreds of Waser:
23,918 Germany437
68,120 United States364
6,872 Austria183
66,174 France147
Countries with thousands of Waser:
480 Switzerland1,513
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Chr. Waser was 19 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on October 6, 1851. He lived in Great Britain where he worked as immigrant and took Jacob A. Westervelt from Liverpool.

Comments

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Jc Cousineau
The origin of the name is Germanic etymology of the name comes from the German wasser: water that name specifies the location of the ancestral home á near sources; a river.

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