Wedding Surname
Approximately 3,099 people bear this surname
Wedding Surname Definition:
From the Danish, Weden; from the Swedish, Wedin; a personal name.$
Wedding Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,831 | 1:197,957 | 19,501 |
| Germany | 591 | 1:136,219 | 16,567 |
| Australia | 335 | 1:80,584 | 9,375 |
| New Zealand | 100 | 1:45,283 | 7,455 |
| Netherlands | 43 | 1:392,725 | 41,894 |
| Norway | 38 | 1:135,323 | 17,347 |
| Canada | 25 | 1:1,473,824 | 101,190 |
| India | 19 | 1:40,371,862 | 445,856 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Hong Kong | 10 | 1:733,548 | 3,685 |
| France | 9 | 1:7,380,302 | 306,885 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Iran | 6 | 1:12,797,087 | 199,837 |
| Afghanistan | 6 | 1:5,358,864 | 25,178 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 1 | 1:54,580 | 1,498 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 291 | 1:172,573 | 15,534 |
Wedding (192) may also be a first name.
Wedding Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
From the Danish, Weden; from the Swedish, Wedin; a personal name.$
Wedding Demographics
Average Male Wedding Height
177.41 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Wedding Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wedding Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wedding occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of Wedding click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wedding? popularity and diffusion
Wedding is the 143,562nd most frequently used last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,351,580 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 60 percent of Wedding live; 60 percent live in North America and 60 percent live in Anglo-North America. Wedding is also the 655,603rd most commonly used given name throughout the world It is held by 192 people.
The last name Wedding is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 1,831 people, or 1 in 197,957. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Kentucky, where 19 percent are found, Indiana, where 11 percent are found and Maryland, where 8 percent are found. Apart from The United States this last name occurs in 40 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 19 percent are found and Australia, where 11 percent are found.
Wedding Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wedding has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wedding surname rose 629 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 117 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wedding Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Wedding are 20.77% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 67.54% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Wedding earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 12.5% more than the national average, earning 389,323 kr per year; in United States they earn 1.23% more than the national average, earning $43,680 USD per year and in Canada they earn 29.03% more than the national average, earning $64,104 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weding | 92 | 256 | / |
| Weddng | 92 | 1 | / |
| Wadding | 86 | 822 | / |
| Weeding | 86 | 693 | / |
| Bedding | 86 | 645 | / |
| Widding | 86 | 403 | / |
| Wieding | 86 | 222 | / |
| Weiding | 86 | 57 | / |
| Wetding | 86 | 42 | / |
| Wehding | 86 | 30 | / |
| Vedding | 86 | 6 | / |
| Waeding | 86 | 4 | / |
| Wodding | 86 | 2 | / |
| Uedding | 86 | 1 | / |
| Weading | 86 | 1 | / |
| Weyding | 86 | 1 | / |
| Weïding | 86 | 1 | / |
| Hvedding | 80 | 8 | / |
| Beadding | 80 | 0 | / |
| Whidding | 80 | 0 | / |
| Widing | 77 | 1,216 | / |
| Ueding | 77 | 593 | / |
| Beding | 77 | 231 | / |
| Wading | 77 | 148 | / |
| Wedeng | 77 | 46 | / |
| Veding | 77 | 10 | / |
| Woding | 77 | 1 | / |
| Waedeng | 71 | 374 | / |
| Hveding | 71 | 340 | / |
| Beeding | 71 | 292 | / |
| Bidding | 71 | 167 | / |
| Bödding | 71 | 77 | / |
| Veddeng | 71 | 44 | / |
| Veiding | 71 | 13 | / |
| Beading | 71 | 11 | / |
| Weideng | 71 | 9 | / |
| Beiding | 71 | 8 | / |
| Weadeng | 71 | 5 | / |
| Vidding | 71 | 5 | / |
| Voeding | 71 | 2 | / |
| Oueding | 71 | 2 | / |
| Whiding | 71 | 1 | / |
| Widings | 71 | 1 | / |
| Watding | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wiedeng | 71 | 0 | / |
| Hvidding | 67 | 30 | / |
| Wetdaeng | 67 | 13 | / |
| Widng | 67 | 1 | / |
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Wedding Reference & Research
The Wedding Family - Details of the family's Anglo-Norman origins and representation in Germany and The Netherlands.
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wedding
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