Wend Surname
Approximately 1,580 people bear this surname
Wend Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the went.' Middle English went, a passage. There are one or two wents, still so called, in my late parish (Ulverston). 'Went, a crossway, a passage' (Halliwell). Literally, a small passage leading from one main street to another.
Read More About This SurnameWend Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 784 | 1:102,686 | 12,725 |
| United States | 452 | 1:801,900 | 61,806 |
| Burkina Faso | 87 | 1:210,944 | 4,485 |
| Papua New Guinea | 66 | 1:123,541 | 16,840 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| Hungary | 23 | 1:426,795 | 28,704 |
| Poland | 21 | 1:1,809,940 | 93,678 |
| Iran | 20 | 1:3,839,126 | 105,129 |
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Austria | 9 | 1:946,159 | 70,786 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 97 | 1:517,718 | 36,097 |
Wend (4,244) may also be a first name.
Wend Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the went.' Middle English went, a passage. There are one or two wents, still so called, in my late parish (Ulverston). 'Went, a crossway, a passage' (Halliwell). Literally, a small passage leading from one main street to another.
Henry de la Wente, Suffolk, 1275. Hundred Rolls.
Stephen ad le Wente, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
William atte Wend, rector of Scoulton, Norfolk, 1368: History of Norfolk.
Hugo de Went, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Ricardus de Went, 1379: ibid.
John atte Wend, of Great Ellingham, Norfolk, 1381: History of Norfolk.
1664. Buried — Moses Went, a youth that belonged to my Lord Bishop of London's house: St. James, Clerkenwell.
1807. Married — William Went and Sarah Brown: St. George, Hanover Square.
(English) 1 = Went(e’ q.v.
John atte Wend, A.D. 1381.—Blomefield, Hist. Norf.
(rarely) 2 from the Anglo-Saxon pers. name Wenda (the form Wendel—with diminutive suff. -el—was commoner, esp. compounded) [the ethnic name: prob. from an Old Teutonic word seen in O.H.Ger. wentî, a boundary, turning (Mod. Ger. wende, a turning, turning-point); hence the Mark or March People—O.H.Ger. wenten = Old Saxon wend- ian = Old English wendan = Gothic wandjan, to turn]
Member of Slav-descended community near Berlin (Wenden).
Wend Demographics
Average Wend Salary in
United States
$44,102 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wend Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wend Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wend (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻧﺪ) occurs most in Germany. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wend? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wend is the 250,894th most frequent family name globally, borne by around 1 in 4,612,371 people. Wend occurs predominantly in Europe, where 56 percent of Wend live; 51 percent live in Western Europe and 50 percent live in Germanic Europe. Wend is also the 106,379th most frequent first name internationally It is held by 4,244 people.
The last name Wend is most widely held in Germany, where it is held by 784 people, or 1 in 102,686. In Germany Wend is primarily found in: Saxony, where 35 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 18 percent live and Berlin, where 8 percent live. Aside from Germany this surname occurs in 36 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 29 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 6 percent live.
Wend Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wend has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wend surname grew 466 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 575 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wend Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Wend last name are 18.2% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 71.43% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Wend earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 69.11% less than the national average, earning R 73,404 per year and in United States they earn 2.21% more than the national average, earning $44,102 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wendt | 89 | 62,797 | / |
| Weand | 89 | 233 | / |
| Weind | 89 | 32 | / |
| Wendh | 89 | 11 | / |
| Wendp | 89 | 5 | / |
| Waend | 89 | 4 | / |
| Wentd | 89 | 3 | / |
| Wendd | 89 | 3 | / |
| Weend | 89 | 2 | / |
| Wiend | 89 | 1 | / |
| Weynd | 89 | 0 | / |
| Wnd | 86 | 5 | / |
| Wendte | 80 | 400 | / |
| Wenndt | 80 | 164 | / |
| Wendth | 80 | 53 | / |
| Weindt | 80 | 16 | / |
| Wendtt | 80 | 4 | / |
| Wendtz | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wuendt | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wenddt | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wheand | 80 | 0 | / |
| Wendts | 80 | 0 | / |
| Whendt | 80 | 0 | / |
| Wiendt | 80 | 0 | / |
| Wind | 75 | 17,407 | / |
| Went | 75 | 4,256 | / |
| Bend | 75 | 2,150 | / |
| Wynd | 75 | 996 | / |
| Vend | 75 | 250 | / |
| Whnd | 75 | 5 | / |
| Wemd | 75 | 2 | / |
| Wwnd | 75 | 1 | / |
| Uend | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wnhd | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wndd | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wjnd | 75 | 1 | / |
| Vwnd | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wünd | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wendová | 73 | 22 | / |
| Wendowa | 73 | 20 | / |
| Wenehed | 73 | 16 | / |
| Wendsch | 73 | 6 | / |
| Wuendsh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Windt | 67 | 3,281 | / |
| Wente | 67 | 2,490 | / |
| Bendt | 67 | 2,038 | / |
| Vendt | 67 | 811 | / |
| Weant | 67 | 656 | / |
| Whent | 67 | 413 | / |
| Waind | 67 | 254 | / |
| Windh | 67 | 208 | / |
| Wenth | 67 | 170 | / |
| Wentt | 67 | 120 | / |
| Wynds | 67 | 57 | / |
| Bendő | 67 | 37 | / |
| Windå | 67 | 14 | / |
| Vends | 67 | 14 | / |
| Vendz | 67 | 13 | / |
| Wuendsch | 67 | 11 | / |
| Veend | 67 | 11 | / |
| Weint | 67 | 10 | / |
| Beend | 67 | 9 | / |
| Winnd | 67 | 8 | / |
| Waynd | 67 | 7 | / |
| Wemdt | 67 | 5 | / |
| Wyndt | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wengy | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bennd | 67 | 3 | / |
| Huend | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wemdd | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wemdh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wemdz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bendh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Viend | 67 | 2 | / |
| Uhend | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ouend | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waent | 67 | 1 | / |
| Voend | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bendd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wient | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vendh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wennt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wemnt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wyndh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wojnd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wuent | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wiond | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wyond | 67 | 0 | / |
| Whynd | 67 | 0 | / |
Wend Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wend in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﻧﺪ | wnd | - |
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