Wenger Surname
Approximately 33,888 people bear this surname
Wenger Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13,848 | 1:26,174 | 3,293 |
| Switzerland | 9,634 | 1:852 | 51 |
| Germany | 4,744 | 1:16,970 | 2,245 |
| France | 1,894 | 1:35,070 | 4,267 |
| Austria | 1,287 | 1:6,616 | 814 |
| Canada | 897 | 1:41,076 | 5,121 |
| Israel | 258 | 1:33,169 | 4,667 |
| Argentina | 192 | 1:222,622 | 18,311 |
| Australia | 141 | 1:191,459 | 19,007 |
| Norway | 103 | 1:49,925 | 7,153 |
| South Africa | 84 | 1:644,973 | 47,754 |
| England | 82 | 1:679,489 | 38,951 |
| Brazil | 77 | 1:2,780,186 | 82,572 |
| Sweden | 72 | 1:136,761 | 9,670 |
| Poland | 70 | 1:542,982 | 51,331 |
| Wales | 50 | 1:61,891 | 5,534 |
| Luxembourg | 50 | 1:11,611 | 2,029 |
| Dominican Republic | 39 | 1:267,511 | 9,432 |
| Chile | 38 | 1:463,591 | 12,075 |
| Thailand | 30 | 1:2,354,612 | 261,046 |
| Italy | 25 | 1:2,446,268 | 94,040 |
| Mexico | 21 | 1:5,910,772 | 31,438 |
| Netherlands | 21 | 1:804,151 | 59,518 |
| New Caledonia | 21 | 1:13,153 | 3,514 |
| Denmark | 17 | 1:332,042 | 23,714 |
| New Zealand | 14 | 1:323,452 | 26,435 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Hungary | 10 | 1:981,628 | 46,877 |
| Czechia | 10 | 1:1,063,347 | 80,937 |
| Spain | 10 | 1:4,675,204 | 78,608 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Ecuador | 8 | 1:1,988,231 | 21,385 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Paraguay | 6 | 1:1,206,124 | 10,500 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 2 | 1:55,188 | 6,229 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 20 | 1:1,218,768 | 44,985 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,290 | 1:38,929 | 4,601 |
Wenger (80) may also be a first name.
Wenger Demographics
Average Male Wenger Height
177.68 cm
Average Female Wenger Height
166.41 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Wenger Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wenger Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wenger (Arabic: نجر) occurs most in The United States. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wenger? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 16,389th most widely held surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 215,048 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 53 percent of Wenger reside; 51 percent reside in Western Europe and 43 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Wenger is also the 1,075,395th most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 80 people.
The last name Wenger is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 13,848 people, or 1 in 26,174. In The United States it is most frequent in: Pennsylvania, where 18 percent are found, California, where 8 percent are found and Ohio, where 7 percent are found. Besides The United States it exists in 85 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 28 percent are found and Germany, where 14 percent are found.
Wenger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wenger has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 1,073 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 410 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wenger Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Wenger surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Wenger last name are 33.05% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 86.28% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Wenger earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 10.29% more than the national average, earning 381,708 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 50.77% more than the national average, earning R 358,284 per year; in United States they earn 3.44% more than the national average, earning $44,632 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.95% more than the national average, earning $52,142 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wenger Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wenger in the Arabic language | ||
| نجر | njr | - |
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Footnotes
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