Wider Surname
Approximately 2,481 people bear this surname
Wider Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Wydo,' English for Guido (Guy) (v. Widowson, a); compare Warin for Guarin, &c.
William fil. Wydo, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Reg. fil. Wydonis, Huntingdonshire, ibid.
Read More About This SurnameWider Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 712 | 1:509,072 | 42,697 |
| Switzerland | 652 | 1:12,596 | 2,088 |
| Germany | 435 | 1:185,070 | 21,565 |
| Poland | 213 | 1:178,445 | 24,461 |
| Brazil | 164 | 1:1,305,331 | 44,621 |
| England | 80 | 1:696,476 | 39,547 |
| France | 72 | 1:922,538 | 106,020 |
| Austria | 47 | 1:181,179 | 23,261 |
| Argentina | 21 | 1:2,035,401 | 100,871 |
| Australia | 11 | 1:2,454,155 | 103,534 |
| Israel | 10 | 1:855,763 | 54,181 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Paraguay | 5 | 1:1,447,349 | 11,454 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Uruguay | 4 | 1:857,940 | 31,713 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 4 | 1:935,804 | 21,348 |
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 143 | 1:351,180 | 26,857 |
Wider (625) may also be a first name.
Wider Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Wydo,' English for Guido (Guy) (v. Widowson, a); compare Warin for Guarin, &c.
William fil. Wydo, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Reg. fil. Wydonis, Huntingdonshire, ibid.
Thomas Wydowe, Close Rolls, 20 Richard II. pt.
Annabella Wydow, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Widders is a natural corruption of Widows with the patronymic s. 'Beware of widders' does not apply in this case, but points to a similar corruption.
(English) the Anglo-Saxon pers. name Wídhere = Great Army [Old English wíd, wide, great + here, army]
Wider Demographics
Average Wider Salary in
United States
$46,107 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wider Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wider Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wider occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wider? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 173,231st most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 2,937,342 people. The last name Wider occurs predominantly in Europe, where 61 percent of Wider reside; 49 percent reside in Western Europe and 33 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Wider is also the 333,332nd most frequently used given name worldwide It is held by 625 people.
This last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 712 people, or 1 in 509,072. In The United States Wider is mostly concentrated in: South Carolina, where 23 percent live, New York, where 16 percent live and California, where 9 percent live. Apart from The United States it is found in 39 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 26 percent live and Germany, where 18 percent live.
Wider Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Wider has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wider last name increased 498 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 2,667 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wider Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Wider last name are 10.63% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 63.86% registered to vote for the party.
Wider earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 6.86% more than the national average, earning $46,107 USD per year.
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