Weint Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Weint Surname Definition:
For Went, q.v.
Weint Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Weint Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
For Went, q.v.
(English) Dweller at a Passage, Alley, or Crossway [Dialectal and Middle English went(e; from Old English wendan, to turn, to go] Henry de la Wente.—Hundred Rolls Is thorugh a goter [gutter] by a privë wente Into my chaumbre come...—Chaucer, Trail. & Cris., iii. 787-8.
Went, a way; as, 'at the four wents’, i.e. at the meeting of the four ways.—Pegge, Kenticisms (1735).
Went, a crossway.—Parish, Dict. Suss. Dialectal (1875).
Wents, narrow lanes in Cockermouth, Workington, and other towns.—Dickinson, Cumbd. Gloss. (1878).
Between the Tower and the river at one time was a passage which led into the churchyard... this passage became a street, and is now Prison Weint.— Stonehouse, Streets of L'pool (1869), p. 16.
The Yorks river-name Went(e (v. under Wandsworth) has prob. had no surnominal influence.
Cp. Wend(e.
Weint Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Weint Come From? nationality or country of origin
Weint is most common in Germany. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Weint? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,063,924th most widely held family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. Weint occurs mostly in Europe, where 70 percent of Weint reside; 70 percent reside in Western Europe and 70 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most prevalent in Germany, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 11,500,780. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Bavaria, where 86 percent reside and Hesse, where 14 percent reside. Barring Germany it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent reside and Argentina, where 10 percent reside.
Weint Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Weint has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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