Wands Surname

281,264th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,372 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

Wands Surname Definition:

Wand’s (Son).

Wands Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9071:399,62434,977
Scotland2071:25,8642,812
England1161:480,32831,110
Canada601:614,09350,489
Australia381:710,41347,396
South Africa311:1,747,66884,236
New Zealand51:905,66545,114
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland1161:32,2692,684
England161:1,523,46151,234
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3121:160,95714,692

Wands (53) may also be a first name.

Wands Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Wand’s (Son).

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Local. A place where Woden was worshiped by the Anglo—Saxons, from which we have Wodensday or Wednesday. Wand, Danish, water; wansted, Danish, a watering—place.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Wands Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wands Come From? nationality or country of origin

Wands is most common in The United States. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wands? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wands is the 281,264th most commonly used family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 5,311,622 people. The surname Wands is primarily found in The Americas, where 65 percent of Wands live; 65 percent live in North America and 65 percent live in Anglo-North America. Wands is also the 1,366,219th most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 53 people.

The surname Wands is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 907 people, or 1 in 399,624. In The United States Wands is most common in: New York, where 14 percent live, New Jersey, where 7 percent live and Texas, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account The United States this surname exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in Scotland, where 15 percent live and England, where 8 percent live.

Wands Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wands has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 291 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 178 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in England it rose 725 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wands Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Wands last name are 9.42% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 56.19% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Wands earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 191.04% more than the national average, earning R 691,620 per year; in United States they earn 19.29% more than the national average, earning $51,474 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.9% more than the national average, earning $51,622 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wandås9125/
Wandsø916/
Wandsz911/
Wandse911/
Waunds911/
Wandsøe831/
Bands80558/
Wants80301/
Vands8028/
Wonds804/
Wancs803/
Wandz801/
Wamds801/
Vandse7337/
Vandås7333/
Vandsø7323/
Wantse7313/
Bandsz734/
Baunds732/
Wondse731/
Whants731/
Vandss731/
Uandse731/
Bainds731/
Bandsh730/
Bannds730/
Wanz67185/
Wanc67126/
Bandsch6716/
Vandsøe674/
Wadc672/
Waintse671/

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