Wendeling Surname

1,194,481st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 198 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Paraguay

Wendeling Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wendeling Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1251:644,04450,561
Netherlands191:888,79962,169
Paraguay191:380,8815,564
Brazil181:11,893,018236,958
France81:8,302,840321,660
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Slovakia31:1,778,817104,392
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:2,954,040135,915

Wendeling Last Name Facts

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

Wendeling occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wendeling? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wendeling is the 1,194,481st most frequently used surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 36,805,787 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 80 percent of Wendeling live; 77 percent live in Western Europe and 73 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most prevalent in Germany, where it is borne by 125 people, or 1 in 644,044. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 84 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 14 percent reside and Bavaria, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Germany this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 10 percent reside and Paraguay, where 10 percent reside.

Wendeling Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wendeling has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wendeling last name contracted 88 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vendeling898/
Wendiling891/
Wendyling891/
Wendeläng891/
Wendelingová863/
Wendleng821/
Windiling781/
Windelincx7413/
Windelinck740/
Vindelinck631/
Vindelinckx6049/

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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
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  • 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 Wendeling
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