Wending Surname
Approximately 54 people bear this surname
Wending Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 32 | 1:527,724 | 48,879 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Wending (29,762) may also be a first name.
Wending Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wending Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wending occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wending? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,635,433rd most commonly held last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 134,954,554 people. The last name Wending is primarily found in Europe, where 85 percent of Wending are found; 70 percent are found in Western Europe and 70 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Wending is also the 28,055th most frequent given name internationally, held by 29,762 people.
It is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 527,724. In The Netherlands Wending is most common in: Groningen, where 56 percent reside, Overijssel, where 34 percent reside and Drenthe, where 3 percent reside. Beside The Netherlands it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 13 percent reside and Germany, where 11 percent reside.
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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 Wending
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