Wend Surname

250,894th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,580 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

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.

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Wend Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany7841:102,68612,725
United States4521:801,90061,806
Burkina Faso871:210,9444,485
Papua New Guinea661:123,54116,840
England231:2,422,52489,093
Hungary231:426,79528,704
Poland211:1,809,94093,678
Iran201:3,839,126105,129
Indonesia121:11,020,766390,383
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
Austria91:946,15970,786
Nigeria91:19,682,529291,344
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
France31:22,140,907385,998
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
China21:683,660,78330,601
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States971:517,71836,097

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.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(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]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Member of Slav-descended community near Berlin (Wenden).

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

Wend Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wend (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻧﺪ) is found most in Germany. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wend? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 250,894th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 4,612,371 people. The surname Wend occurs mostly in Europe, where 56 percent of Wend are found; 51 percent are found in Western Europe and 50 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 106,379th most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 4,244 people.

It is most numerous in Germany, where it is held by 784 people, or 1 in 102,686. In Germany Wend is primarily concentrated in: Saxony, where 35 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 18 percent reside and Berlin, where 8 percent reside. Apart from Germany this surname exists in 36 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 29 percent reside and Burkina Faso, where 6 percent reside.

Wend Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wend has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the 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 bearing the Wend surname are 18.2% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 71.43% being registered with the political 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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wendt8962,797/
Weand89233/
Weind8932/
Wendh8911/
Wendp895/
Waend894/
Wentd893/
Wendd893/
Weend892/
Wiend891/
Weynd890/
Wnd865/
Wendte80400/
Wenndt80164/
Wendth8053/
Weindt8016/
Wendtt804/
Wendtz802/
Wuendt801/
Wenddt801/
Wheand800/
Wendts800/
Whendt800/
Wiendt800/
Wind7517,407/
Went754,256/
Bend752,150/
Wynd75996/
Vend75250/
Whnd755/
Wemd752/
Wwnd751/
Uend751/
Wnhd751/
Wndd751/
Wjnd751/
Vwnd751/
Wünd751/
Wendová7322/
Wendowa7320/
Wenehed7316/
Wendsch736/
Wuendsh731/
Windt673,281/
Wente672,490/
Bendt672,038/
Vendt67811/
Weant67656/
Whent67413/
Waind67254/
Windh67208/
Wenth67170/
Wentt67120/
Wynds6757/
Bendő6737/
Windå6714/
Vends6714/
Vendz6713/
Wuendsch6711/
Veend6711/
Weint6710/
Beend679/
Winnd678/
Waynd677/
Wemdt675/
Wyndt673/
Wengy673/
Bennd673/
Huend672/
Wemdd672/
Wemdh672/
Wemdz672/
Bendh672/
Viend672/
Uhend671/
Ouend671/
Waent671/
Voend671/
Bendd671/
Wient671/
Vendh671/
Wennt671/
Wemnt671/
Wyndh671/
Wojnd671/
Wuent670/
Wiond670/
Wyond670/
Whynd670/

Wend Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Wend in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻭﻧﺪwnd-

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