Wide Surname
Approximately 5,736 people bear this surname
Wide Surname Definition:
From the German, Weide; from the Swedish, Wide; a personal name.
Wide Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 3,059 | 1:31,888 | 3,759 |
| Jordan | 748 | 1:11,821 | 2,088 |
| Egypt | 458 | 1:200,733 | 14,525 |
| Sweden | 305 | 1:32,284 | 2,638 |
| Indonesia | 301 | 1:439,366 | 36,688 |
| United States | 153 | 1:2,369,013 | 146,433 |
| England | 115 | 1:484,505 | 31,272 |
| Iran | 93 | 1:825,619 | 40,849 |
| South Africa | 77 | 1:703,607 | 50,359 |
| Finland | 58 | 1:94,771 | 9,814 |
| Argentina | 52 | 1:821,989 | 54,134 |
| Wales | 48 | 1:64,469 | 5,713 |
| Papua New Guinea | 32 | 1:254,804 | 34,943 |
| Canada | 29 | 1:1,270,538 | 90,455 |
| Zimbabwe | 26 | 1:593,778 | 45,605 |
| Brazil | 25 | 1:8,562,973 | 188,780 |
| Australia | 25 | 1:1,079,828 | 61,253 |
| India | 21 | 1:36,526,923 | 420,161 |
| Poland | 13 | 1:2,923,750 | 116,258 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| Venezuela | 7 | 1:4,314,868 | 39,591 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Afghanistan | 6 | 1:5,358,864 | 25,178 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Haiti | 3 | 1:3,561,302 | 20,668 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| British Virgin Islands | 2 | 1:15,797 | 839 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 105 | 1:232,146 | 17,394 |
| Wales | 24 | 1:65,351 | 3,160 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 25 | 1:2,008,747 | 100,426 |
Wide (1,446) may also be a first name.
Wide Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
From the German, Weide; from the Swedish, Wide; a personal name.
Wide Demographics
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Wide Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wide Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wide (Arabic: عريض) is carried by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Wide click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wide? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wide is the 84,261st most frequently used family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,270,493 people. The surname Wide occurs predominantly in Africa, where 64 percent of Wide reside; 53 percent reside in East Africa and 53 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Wide is also the 205,196th most widespread first name in the world It is held by 1,446 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Ethiopia, where it is held by 3,059 people, or 1 in 31,888. Besides Ethiopia this last name exists in 54 countries. It also occurs in Jordan, where 13 percent live and Egypt, where 8 percent live.
Wide Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Wide has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wide last name increased 612 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 110 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wide Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Wide surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 66.67% registered with the political party.
The amount Wide earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 56.65% more than the national average, earning R 372,264 per year; in United States they earn 4.24% less than the national average, earning $41,319 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.1% more than the national average, earning $53,707 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wide Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wide in the Arabic language | ||
| عريض | ryd | - |
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