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 last name Wide (Arabic: عريض) occurs in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Wide click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wide? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 84,261st most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,270,493 people. The last name Wide is mostly found in Africa, where 64 percent of Wide are found; 53 percent are found in East Africa and 53 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 205,196th most widespread first name globally. It is borne by 1,446 people.
It is most frequently used in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 3,059 people, or 1 in 31,888. Outside of Ethiopia this last name occurs in 54 countries. It is also found in Jordan, where 13 percent are found and Egypt, where 8 percent are found.
Wide Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Wide has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wide last name expanded 612 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 110 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wide Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Wide are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 66.67% registered to vote for 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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Footnotes
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wide
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