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
Average Wander Salary in
United States
$49,489 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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 occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant: Wandér. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wander? popularity and diffusion
It is the 103,636th most commonly used family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,606,956 people. The surname 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 common forename at a global level It is held by 23,801 people.
Wander is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 1,720 people, or 1 in 210,732. In The United States it is most prevalent in: New York, where 14 percent are found, Minnesota, where 12 percent are found and California, where 9 percent are found. Aside from The United States this surname is found in 62 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 19 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 7 percent are found.
Wander Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wander has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wander surname expanded 741 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 568 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wander Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Wander last name are 10.05% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56.82% being registered with the political 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