Last name Waechter (Waechter 
, Wächter , וכטר 
) , throughout the world, is a common family name. The cognomen Waechter is characteristic of Western Europe, particularly Germany, where it is quite a common surname, Austria, where it is quite a rare surname, and France. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in Germany, the United States, and France.
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| Wächter, Waechter | United States, France, Austria, Germany, Brazil |
| וכטר | Israel |
| Вехтер | Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan |
| johann georg waechter German medallist (b. 1724) |
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| johann eberhard waechter DE (b. 1762) |
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| august freiherr von waechter (b. 1776) |
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| max waechter German philanthropist (1837-1924), GB (b. 1837) |
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| karl waechter German builder (1840-1913), DE (b. 1840) |
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| theodor waechter mayor of Bad Honnef, Germany, DE (b. 1858) |
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| harry waechter British baronet (1871-1929) (b. 1871) |
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| maximilian von waechter (b. 1862) |
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f. k. waechter German artist and poet (1937-2005), DE (b. 1937) |
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| bruno waechter (b. 1885) |
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antoine waechter French politician, FR (b. 1949) |
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| leo waechter Holocaust victim, born 1908-10-05 (b. 1908) |
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| heinrich von waechter (b. 1903) |
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| p waechter (b. 1905) |
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| h. h. waechter (b. 1907) |
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