Wild Surname
Approximately 69,892 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnameWild Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 23,538 | 1:3,420 | 366 |
| England | 14,637 | 1:3,807 | 507 |
| United States | 11,714 | 1:30,942 | 3,853 |
| Australia | 4,018 | 1:6,719 | 989 |
| Switzerland | 3,569 | 1:2,301 | 256 |
| Austria | 2,180 | 1:3,906 | 399 |
| Canada | 1,793 | 1:20,550 | 2,833 |
| France | 1,294 | 1:51,331 | 6,740 |
| New Zealand | 834 | 1:5,430 | 876 |
| Italy | 656 | 1:93,227 | 16,064 |
| South Africa | 618 | 1:87,666 | 10,765 |
| Egypt | 488 | 1:188,393 | 13,801 |
| Brazil | 469 | 1:456,448 | 17,309 |
| Argentina | 460 | 1:92,920 | 7,845 |
| Saudi Arabia | 318 | 1:97,031 | 14,320 |
| Netherlands | 306 | 1:55,187 | 9,490 |
| Scotland | 300 | 1:17,846 | 2,146 |
| Hungary | 238 | 1:41,245 | 4,412 |
| Wales | 235 | 1:13,168 | 1,460 |
| Czechia | 232 | 1:45,834 | 7,629 |
| Poland | 210 | 1:180,994 | 24,805 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Spain | 107 | 1:436,935 | 23,071 |
| Thailand | 81 | 1:872,078 | 137,928 |
| Isle of Man | 78 | 1:1,100 | 175 |
| Zimbabwe | 76 | 1:203,135 | 23,436 |
| Romania | 69 | 1:290,984 | 26,482 |
| Kuwait | 67 | 1:56,727 | 6,926 |
| Sweden | 59 | 1:166,894 | 11,603 |
| Portugal | 57 | 1:182,776 | 7,697 |
| Luxembourg | 56 | 1:10,367 | 1,774 |
| Singapore | 51 | 1:107,994 | 4,447 |
| India | 49 | 1:15,654,396 | 253,566 |
| Mexico | 48 | 1:2,585,963 | 21,318 |
| Dominican Republic | 39 | 1:267,511 | 9,432 |
| Belgium | 38 | 1:302,543 | 35,124 |
| New Caledonia | 36 | 1:7,673 | 1,760 |
| Northern Ireland | 33 | 1:55,910 | 4,502 |
| Slovakia | 33 | 1:161,711 | 28,420 |
| Denmark | 32 | 1:176,397 | 14,920 |
| Ireland | 30 | 1:156,965 | 7,012 |
| Uruguay | 30 | 1:114,392 | 10,866 |
| Guernsey | 29 | 1:2,222 | 539 |
| French Polynesia | 25 | 1:11,232 | 2,339 |
| Chile | 24 | 1:734,020 | 16,565 |
| Aruba | 23 | 1:4,499 | 638 |
| Philippines | 21 | 1:4,820,868 | 168,058 |
| Greece | 20 | 1:553,990 | 69,165 |
| Israel | 20 | 1:427,882 | 33,464 |
| Qatar | 19 | 1:124,105 | 14,725 |
| China | 18 | 1:75,962,309 | 4,162 |
| Colombia | 18 | 1:2,654,115 | 13,778 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| Jersey | 12 | 1:8,267 | 1,718 |
| Ecuador | 11 | 1:1,445,986 | 17,636 |
| Croatia | 10 | 1:422,860 | 35,095 |
| Jamaica | 10 | 1:286,995 | 7,581 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Libya | 9 | 1:693,775 | 1,982 |
| Liechtenstein | 9 | 1:4,264 | 487 |
| Serbia | 9 | 1:793,883 | 26,061 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Finland | 8 | 1:687,088 | 36,047 |
| Vietnam | 8 | 1:11,580,757 | 2,851 |
| Hong Kong | 7 | 1:1,047,926 | 4,985 |
| Turkey | 7 | 1:11,117,346 | 139,182 |
| Costa Rica | 6 | 1:796,678 | 5,462 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Bermuda | 5 | 1:13,056 | 1,849 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Oman | 4 | 1:921,993 | 7,313 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1:12,810,064 | 2,073 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 4 | 1:27,594 | 3,273 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Bahamas | 3 | 1:130,584 | 1,472 |
| Cuba | 3 | 1:3,840,905 | 13,116 |
| Cyprus | 3 | 1:294,959 | 8,690 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Barbados | 2 | 1:143,724 | 1,981 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Montserrat | 2 | 1:2,474 | 299 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 25 | 1:177,195 | 8,871 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 12,197 | 1:1,998 | 277 |
| Wales | 68 | 1:23,065 | 1,326 |
| Scotland | 39 | 1:95,980 | 4,885 |
| Isle of Man | 3 | 1:18,090 | 1,402 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,796 | 1:17,961 | 2,284 |
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.
(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.
(English) One who came from Wild or Wyld (trick), in Berkshire; dweller on a wasteland.
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.
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.
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.
Wild Demographics
Wild Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wildt | 89 | 3,650 | / |
| Waild | 89 | 226 | / |
| Weild | 89 | 200 | / |
| Wield | 89 | 193 | / |
| Whild | 89 | 141 | / |
| Willd | 89 | 20 | / |
| Wildh | 89 | 5 | / |
| Wiltd | 89 | 2 | / |
| Wildd | 89 | 0 | / |
| Wld | 86 | 8 | / |
| Wieldt | 80 | 72 | / |
| Wailed | 80 | 50 | / |
| Wildte | 80 | 2 | / |
| Willdt | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wuilds | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wuiled | 80 | 1 | / |
| Weildt | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wildds | 80 | 0 | / |
| Wilt | 75 | 11,381 | / |
| Weld | 75 | 2,688 | / |
| Wyld | 75 | 1,832 | / |
| Bild | 75 | 1,130 | / |
| Vild | 75 | 1,120 | / |
| Wled | 75 | 167 | / |
| Wldt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wldh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Uild | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wildová | 73 | 266 | / |
| Wildova | 73 | 14 | / |
| Whildth | 73 | 0 | / |
| Weldt | 67 | 945 | / |
| Bildt | 67 | 249 | / |
| Wilte | 67 | 145 | / |
| Whyld | 67 | 133 | / |
| Weald | 67 | 104 | / |
| Wielt | 67 | 89 | / |
| Wilcz | 67 | 84 | / |
| Vildt | 67 | 77 | / |
| Willt | 67 | 47 | / |
| Wildtová | 67 | 41 | / |
| Wilth | 67 | 28 | / |
| Whilt | 67 | 25 | / |
| Welld | 67 | 4 | / |
| Billd | 67 | 4 | / |
| Vilds | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hweld | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wayld | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vildd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wailt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wildtova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Viltd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wilgy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weilt | 67 | 0 | / |
| Weltd | 67 | 0 | / |
| Waeld | 67 | 0 | / |
| Woeld | 67 | 0 | / |
| Vield | 67 | 0 | / |
Wild Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wild in the Arabic language | ||
| ليلد | lyld | - |
| ايلد | ayld | - |
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