Wild Surname

8,141st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 69,892 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Wild Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. ' wild, violent, untamed.' It was a popular sobriquet in Yorkshire, judging by the 1379 Poll Tax and the present county directory.

Emma la Willde, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Walter le Wilde, Suffolk, ibid.

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Wild Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany23,5381:3,420366
England14,6371:3,807507
United States11,7141:30,9423,853
Australia4,0181:6,719989
Switzerland3,5691:2,301256
Austria2,1801:3,906399
Canada1,7931:20,5502,833
France1,2941:51,3316,740
New Zealand8341:5,430876
Italy6561:93,22716,064
South Africa6181:87,66610,765
Egypt4881:188,39313,801
Brazil4691:456,44817,309
Argentina4601:92,9207,845
Saudi Arabia3181:97,03114,320
Netherlands3061:55,1879,490
Scotland3001:17,8462,146
Hungary2381:41,2454,412
Wales2351:13,1681,460
Czechia2321:45,8347,629
Poland2101:180,99424,805
Morocco2041:169,00029,345
Spain1071:436,93523,071
Thailand811:872,078137,928
Isle of Man781:1,100175
Zimbabwe761:203,13523,436
Romania691:290,98426,482
Kuwait671:56,7276,926
Sweden591:166,89411,603
Portugal571:182,7767,697
Luxembourg561:10,3671,774
Singapore511:107,9944,447
India491:15,654,396253,566
Mexico481:2,585,96321,318
Dominican Republic391:267,5119,432
Belgium381:302,54335,124
New Caledonia361:7,6731,760
Northern Ireland331:55,9104,502
Slovakia331:161,71128,420
Denmark321:176,39714,920
Ireland301:156,9657,012
Uruguay301:114,39210,866
Guernsey291:2,222539
French Polynesia251:11,2322,339
Chile241:734,02016,565
Aruba231:4,499638
Philippines211:4,820,868168,058
Greece201:553,99069,165
Israel201:427,88233,464
Qatar191:124,10514,725
China181:75,962,3094,162
Colombia181:2,654,11513,778
Iraq161:2,188,85319,343
Indonesia151:8,816,613340,855
Jersey121:8,2671,718
Ecuador111:1,445,98617,636
Croatia101:422,86035,095
Jamaica101:286,9957,581
Papua New Guinea101:815,37288,623
Bangladesh91:17,706,30813,537
Libya91:693,7751,982
Liechtenstein91:4,264487
Serbia91:793,88326,061
Sri Lanka91:2,312,0629,186
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Finland81:687,08836,047
Vietnam81:11,580,7572,851
Hong Kong71:1,047,9264,985
Turkey71:11,117,346139,182
Costa Rica61:796,6785,462
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Norway61:857,04855,549
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Malta41:107,5681,849
Oman41:921,9937,313
South Korea41:12,810,0642,073
United States Virgin Islands41:27,5943,273
Algeria31:12,877,18484,902
Bahamas31:130,5841,472
Cuba31:3,840,90513,116
Cyprus31:294,9598,690
Lebanon31:1,879,02822,073
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Albania21:1,457,02824,967
Barbados21:143,7241,981
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
Guatemala21:8,041,3349,698
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
Montserrat21:2,474299
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland251:177,1958,871
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England12,1971:1,998277
Wales681:23,0651,326
Scotland391:95,9804,885
Isle of Man31:18,0901,402
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,7961:17,9612,284

Wild (1,201) may also be a first name.

Wild Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. ' wild, violent, untamed.' It was a popular sobriquet in Yorkshire, judging by the 1379 Poll Tax and the present county directory.

Emma la Willde, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Walter le Wilde, Suffolk, ibid.

William le Wilde, Huntingdonshire, ibid.

William le Wild, 1313. Writs of Parliament.

Johannes Wylde, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire. (common in this roll).

1660. Married — John Wray and Rachell Wylde: St. Dionis Backchurch.

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

(English) 1 Savage, Fierce, Un- governed [Middle English wild(e, wyld(e, Old English wilde] Walter le Wilde.—Hundred Rolls 2 Dweller at a Weald [Old English weald, forest] Here the form of the name shows that there has been confusion with Middle English wild(e, Old English wilde, uncultivated, desert.

There’s a franklin in the wilde of Kent.— I. Hen. IV., II. i. 60.

The Weald of Sussex is always spoken of as The Wild by the people who live in the Downs.—Parish, Dict. Suss. Dialectal (1875), p. 130.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Wild or Wyld (trick), in Berkshire; dweller on a wasteland.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

1. Rude, uncultivated, rustic; like the French Le Sauvage. It may rank among the earliest of our surnames-one Ulric Wilde being a Domesday tenant. 2. A hamlet in Berkshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Or Le Sauvage. Unfrid Salvage and Walter S., Normandy 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Ralph, Ranulph Sauvage 1198 (Ib.); Geofiry Salvage, Engl. 1189 (Rot. Pip.); Walter, William le Wilde, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum): hence the Lords Truro and Penzance.

The Norman People (1874)

Wild,Wilde. —This ancient English name is mostly confined to the northern midlands, its principal homes being in Derbyshire, Notts, and the West Riding, whence it has spread to the counties around. Ulric Wilde was the name of a Domesday tenant; and the surname similarly spelt was represented in Hunts in the reign of Edward I.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Wild Last Name Facts

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

Wild (Arabic: ليلد) has its highest incidence in Germany. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Wild.

How Common Is The Last Name Wild? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,141st most widely held last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 104,269 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 69 percent of Wild reside; 44 percent reside in Western Europe and 42 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Wild is also the 228,576th most widespread given name internationally, borne by 1,201 people.

The surname is most widespread in Germany, where it is carried by 23,538 people, or 1 in 3,420. In Germany Wild is primarily concentrated in: Bavaria, where 38 percent are found, Baden-Württemberg, where 27 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 9 percent are found. Not including Germany this last name exists in 129 countries. It is also found in England, where 21 percent are found and The United States, where 17 percent are found.

Wild Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wild has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Wild surname rose 120 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 419 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 769 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 346 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 120 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Wild Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Wild last name is predominantly Presbyterian (44%) in Ireland, Orthodox (63%) in Russia and Orthodox (70%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Wild last name are 13.66% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60.43% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Wild earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 32.26% more than the national average, earning 457,709 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 44.39% more than the national average, earning R 343,116 per year; in Colombia they earn 37.66% less than the national average, earning $14,153,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 12.38% more than the national average, earning $48,489 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.29% more than the national average, earning $52,806 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wildt893,650/
Waild89226/
Weild89200/
Wield89193/
Whild89141/
Willd8920/
Wildh895/
Wiltd892/
Wildd890/
Wld868/
Wieldt8072/
Wailed8050/
Wildte802/
Willdt802/
Wuilds801/
Wuiled801/
Weildt801/
Wildds800/
Wilt7511,381/
Weld752,688/
Wyld751,832/
Bild751,130/
Vild751,120/
Wled75167/
Wldt751/
Wldh751/
Uild751/
Wildová73266/
Wildova7314/
Whildth730/
Weldt67945/
Bildt67249/
Wilte67145/
Whyld67133/
Weald67104/
Wielt6789/
Wilcz6784/
Vildt6777/
Willt6747/
Wildtová6741/
Wilth6728/
Whilt6725/
Welld674/
Billd674/
Vilds672/
Hweld671/
Wayld671/
Vildd671/
Wailt671/
Wildtova671/
Viltd671/
Wilgy671/
Weilt670/
Weltd670/
Waeld670/
Woeld670/
Vield670/

Wild Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Wild in the Arabic language
ليلدlyld-
ايلدayld-

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