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
Wander Political Affiliation
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Wander Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wander Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wander has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also be rendered as: Wandér. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wander? popularity and diffusion
Wander is the 103,636th most prevalent family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 1,606,956 people. The last name 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. It is also the 33,242nd most frequent forename at a global level It is held by 23,801 people.
This surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 1,720 people, or 1 in 210,732. In The United States Wander is mostly found in: New York, where 14 percent are found, Minnesota, where 12 percent are found and California, where 9 percent are found. Not including The United States Wander exists in 62 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 19 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 7 percent are found.
Wander Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Wander has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 741 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 568 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wander Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Wander surname are 10.05% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 56.82% being 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
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis