Wendling Surname

35,486th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,886 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Wendling Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Wendling,' a parish near East Dereham, Norfolk.

William de Wendling, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Wendling Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France5,2991:12,5351,245
United States5,0831:71,3088,257
Germany2,5851:31,1434,103
Brazil1,1881:180,1976,957
Paraguay1941:37,3031,190
Canada1411:261,31624,674
Switzerland701:117,32712,009
Austria471:181,17923,261
Netherlands441:383,79941,363
Romania291:692,34047,921
England241:2,321,58686,519
Israel241:356,56829,419
New Caledonia211:13,1533,514
Poland201:1,900,43796,203
Argentina171:2,514,318114,515
Sweden161:615,42245,338
Croatia111:384,41933,360
Chile111:1,601,49826,155
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
French Polynesia41:70,2014,444
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
China31:455,773,85521,925
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Belize11:355,4743,977
Andorra11:83,8382,381
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5401:92,9989,526

Wendling (12) may also be a first name.

Wendling Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Wendling,' a parish near East Dereham, Norfolk.

William de Wendling, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

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

(English) belonging to Wendling (Norf.), 13th cent. Wendling, Anglo-Saxon *Wend(e)lingas (dat. Wend(e)lingum) = (the Estate of the) Wendel Family [v. under Wend2, and + the ph, -ingas, ot the Old English 'son' suff. -ing] Abbas de Wendlyng.—Inq. ad q. Damn., A.D. 1352.

But for the occurrence of the same patronymic in Wellingborough (North- ants), the Anglo-Saxon Wendlingburg, we might have suspected the -ing of the Norfolk place-name to be the O.North. and East.E. ing, borrowed from Old Norse English ‘meadow.’

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Wendling Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wendling is most common in France. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Wendling click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wendling? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 35,486th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 489,557 people. The surname Wendling occurs mostly in Europe, where 55 percent of Wendling reside; 54 percent reside in Western Europe and 36 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 3,306,491st most widely held first name internationally, borne by 12 people.

Wendling is most commonly used in France, where it is held by 5,299 people, or 1 in 12,535. In France Wendling is most numerous in: Grand Est, where 74 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 7 percent reside and Occitanie, where 4 percent reside. Apart from France it is found in 42 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 34 percent reside and Germany, where 17 percent reside.

Wendling Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wendling has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wendling last name expanded 941 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wendling Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wendling surname are 16.1% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.87% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Wendling earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 82.9% less than the national average, earning R 40,644 per year; in United States they earn 3.12% more than the national average, earning $44,495 USD per year and in Canada they earn 30.12% more than the national average, earning $64,648 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Weindling94262/
Weyndling945/
Wendelling891/
Windling8853/
Vendling8823/
Bendling882/
Wendlimg881/
Wemdling881/
Wendleng881/
Huendling829/
Windlinx7538/
Vindling757/
Vendlink751/

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