Wedding Surname

143,562nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,099 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Wedding Surname Definition:

From the Danish, Weden; from the Swedish, Wedin; a personal name.$

Wedding Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,8311:197,95719,501
Germany5911:136,21916,567
Australia3351:80,5849,375
New Zealand1001:45,2837,455
Netherlands431:392,72541,894
Norway381:135,32317,347
Canada251:1,473,824101,190
India191:40,371,862445,856
Sweden111:895,16066,831
Indonesia101:13,224,919434,432
Thailand101:7,063,834426,148
Hong Kong101:733,5483,685
France91:7,380,302306,885
England71:7,959,723202,100
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
Iran61:12,797,087199,837
Afghanistan61:5,358,86425,178
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
China31:455,773,85521,925
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Northern Mariana Islands11:54,5801,498
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2911:172,57315,534

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.$

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Weding92256/
Weddng921/
Wadding86822/
Weeding86693/
Bedding86645/
Widding86403/
Wieding86222/
Weiding8657/
Wetding8642/
Wehding8630/
Vedding866/
Waeding864/
Wodding862/
Uedding861/
Weading861/
Weyding861/
Weïding861/
Hvedding808/
Beadding800/
Whidding800/
Widing771,216/
Ueding77593/
Beding77231/
Wading77148/
Wedeng7746/
Veding7710/
Woding771/
Waedeng71374/
Hveding71340/
Beeding71292/
Bidding71167/
Bödding7177/
Veddeng7144/
Veiding7113/
Beading7111/
Weideng719/
Beiding718/
Weadeng715/
Vidding715/
Voeding712/
Oueding712/
Whiding711/
Widings711/
Watding711/
Wiedeng710/
Hvidding6730/
Wetdaeng6713/
Widng671/

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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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Footnotes

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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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