Wander Surname
Approximately 4,535 people bear this surname
Wander Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,720 | 1:210,732 | 20,603 |
| Germany | 877 | 1:91,796 | 11,515 |
| Netherlands | 300 | 1:56,291 | 9,664 |
| France | 278 | 1:238,931 | 37,046 |
| Brazil | 259 | 1:826,542 | 29,919 |
| Pakistan | 213 | 1:838,704 | 11,708 |
| Argentina | 179 | 1:238,790 | 19,438 |
| England | 108 | 1:515,908 | 32,533 |
| India | 99 | 1:7,748,135 | 165,146 |
| Dominican Republic | 92 | 1:113,401 | 4,751 |
| Canada | 60 | 1:614,093 | 50,489 |
| Poland | 51 | 1:745,270 | 61,215 |
| Indonesia | 31 | 1:4,266,103 | 213,470 |
| Paraguay | 31 | 1:233,443 | 4,129 |
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 1:354,509 | 47,011 |
| Austria | 20 | 1:425,772 | 43,235 |
| Russia | 18 | 1:8,006,836 | 292,169 |
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
| Denmark | 14 | 1:403,194 | 27,097 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Jamaica | 11 | 1:260,904 | 6,695 |
| Benin | 10 | 1:1,033,560 | 48,353 |
| Spain | 9 | 1:5,194,671 | 82,436 |
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Israel | 8 | 1:1,069,704 | 62,476 |
| Slovakia | 8 | 1:667,056 | 68,191 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Romania | 5 | 1:4,015,574 | 58,306 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 19 | 1:1,282,914 | 46,315 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 232 | 1:216,460 | 18,492 |
The alternate forms: Wandér (6) are calculated separately.
Wander (23,801) may also be a first name.
Wander Demographics
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Wander Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wander Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wander is found most frequently in The United States. It can be found as: Wandér. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wander? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wander is the 103,636th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,606,956 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 52 percent of Wander are found; 39 percent are found in North America and 39 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Wander is also the 33,242nd most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 23,801 people.
The surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 1,720 people, or 1 in 210,732. In The United States Wander is primarily found in: New York, where 14 percent live, Minnesota, where 12 percent live and California, where 9 percent live. Besides The United States it occurs in 62 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 19 percent live and The Netherlands, where 7 percent live.
Wander Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Wander has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wander last name rose 741 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 568 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wander Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Wander last name are 10.05% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56.82% registered with the party.
The amount Wander earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 83.21% less than the national average, earning R 39,888 per year; in United States they earn 14.69% more than the national average, earning $49,489 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.21% more than the national average, earning $49,785 CAD per year.
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Wander Reference & Research
Wanderer FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.
Wanderer FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wander
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