Wende Surname
Approximately 14,273 people bear this surname
Wende 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 SurnameWende Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 7,791 | 1:10,333 | 1,299 |
| Nigeria | 2,211 | 1:80,119 | 5,679 |
| Ethiopia | 1,771 | 1:55,080 | 5,737 |
| United States | 549 | 1:660,217 | 52,823 |
| Indonesia | 412 | 1:320,993 | 28,170 |
| DR Congo | 376 | 1:196,488 | 19,671 |
| Poland | 167 | 1:227,597 | 29,477 |
| Australia | 163 | 1:165,618 | 17,113 |
| Kenya | 116 | 1:398,103 | 22,333 |
| Zimbabwe | 98 | 1:157,533 | 19,794 |
| Papua New Guinea | 87 | 1:93,721 | 12,528 |
| Canada | 85 | 1:433,478 | 37,831 |
| Cameroon | 81 | 1:256,408 | 24,973 |
| France | 44 | 1:1,509,607 | 143,950 |
| Austria | 31 | 1:274,691 | 31,731 |
| Uganda | 30 | 1:1,301,309 | 50,636 |
| Netherlands | 27 | 1:625,451 | 53,034 |
| South Africa | 27 | 1:2,006,582 | 90,678 |
| Ivory Coast | 26 | 1:887,355 | 22,826 |
| England | 19 | 1:2,932,529 | 101,561 |
| Chile | 19 | 1:927,183 | 19,125 |
| Brazil | 16 | 1:13,379,646 | 256,605 |
| Argentina | 15 | 1:2,849,561 | 122,961 |
| Sweden | 14 | 1:703,340 | 52,204 |
| Mauritania | 12 | 1:341,239 | 14,334 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Congo | 9 | 1:554,344 | 12,633 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Bolivia | 5 | 1:2,123,287 | 6,830 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 17 | 1:1,433,845 | 49,523 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 93 | 1:539,986 | 37,316 |
The alternate forms: Wendé (1) are calculated separately.
Wende (21,245) may also be a first name.
Wende 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]
Wende Demographics
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Wende Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wende Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wende (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻧﺪ, Oriya: େୱେ) is more frequently found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may occur as: Wendé. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wende? popularity and diffusion
It is the 36,954th most numerous surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 510,583 people. The last name Wende is mostly found in Europe, where 57 percent of Wende are found; 55 percent are found in Western Europe and 55 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 36,153rd most commonly used forename world-wide It is held by 21,245 people.
It is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 7,791 people, or 1 in 10,333. In Germany it is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 21 percent live, Saxony, where 13 percent live and Bavaria, where 11 percent live. Outside of Germany Wende occurs in 49 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 15 percent live and Ethiopia, where 12 percent live.
Wende Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wende has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 590 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 112 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wende Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Wende surname is principally Christian (83%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Wende last name are 22.04% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 68.81% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Wende earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 49.7% less than the national average, earning 174,094 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 363.79% more than the national average, earning R 1,102,140 per year; in United States they earn 11.7% more than the national average, earning $48,199 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.87% more than the national average, earning $50,614 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wende Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wende in the Oriya language | ||
| େୱେ | ewe | - |
| Wende in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﻧﺪ | wnd | 57.14 |
| ﻭﻳﻨﺪﻩ | wyndh | 14.29 |
| ﻭﻧﺪﻩ | wndh | 14.29 |
| ﻭﻧﺪﺓ | wndt | 14.29 |
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