Wendner Surname

1,403,590th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 155 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Wendner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wendner Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria1111:76,71611,596
Germany221:3,659,339158,771
Sweden111:895,16066,831
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Wendner Last Name Facts

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

Wendner is found most in Austria. It may be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wendner? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wendner is the 1,403,590th most prevalent family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 47,016,425 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of Wendner live; 86 percent live in Western Europe and 86 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most common in Austria, where it is held by 111 people, or 1 in 76,716. In Austria Wendner is mostly found in: Styria, where 48 percent live, Vorarlberg, where 18 percent live and Vienna, where 12 percent live. Excluding Austria this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 14 percent live and Sweden, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Windner86168/
Bendner8681/
Wendnes861/
Wendna771/
Bindner711,018/
Wendehenne7112/
Bündner711/
Bendney711/
Wndna671/
Windynne671/
Wendenna671/
Huendgne671/
Windna622/
Vendna621/
Vindnerová591/
Bendenni534/
Bendenny530/
Bindinne530/
Vndna501/
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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 Wendner
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