The Wacker surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,530 people carried this name — #7,356 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 64,900 people counted. That is up 17% from 3,864 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
515 people named Wacker live in Switzerland.
They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 257 people named Wacker.
26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 141 people named Wacker live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
35 people named Wacker have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 62 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 6 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lower Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
87 people named Wacker are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Wacker in American newspapers,
1913–1929.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 55,588 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Wacker,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johannes Wacker 1465–1523 · jurist
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Johann Friedrich Wacker 1730–1795 · numismatist
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Hermann Wacker 1829–1899 · botanist
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Karl Wacker 1837–1908 · food chemist
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Theodor Wacker 1845–1921 · politician
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Alexander Wacker 1846–1922 · entrepreneur
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Wacker.
- Wable 290 · U.S. census
- Wabnitz 118 · U.S. census
- Wach 830 · U.S. census
- Wachowiak 677 · U.S. census
- Wachter 4,601 · U.S. census
- Wack 743 · U.S. census
- Wade 97,040 · U.S. census
- Wadel 513 · U.S. census
- Waechter 1,157 · U.S. census
- Wagener 1,627 · U.S. census
- Wagenheim 172 · U.S. census
- Wager 3,428 · U.S. census
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