Wendale Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Wendale Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wendale Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia161:6,096,64111,907
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Wendale (98) may also be a first name.

Wendale Last Name Facts

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

Wendale occurs in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wendale? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,772,636th most frequently held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Wendale live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 94 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Wendale is also the 956,749th most widespread forename world-wide It is held by 98 people.

The last name Wendale is most widespread in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 6,096,641. Not including Ethiopia this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 6 percent are found.

Wendale Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wendale has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wendale last name fell 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wendale
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