Wunderlich Surname

18,848th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29,231 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wunderlich Surname Definition:

(German) The odd, or moody, man; one who was curious or nosy.

Wunderlich Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany21,4961:3,745412
United States5,4511:66,4947,757
Brazil4331:494,39818,652
France2741:242,41937,533
Austria2681:31,7745,119
Canada2181:169,01616,995
Hungary1881:52,2145,547
Argentina1481:288,80723,114
Australia1091:247,66722,912
Poland911:417,67944,209
Guatemala901:178,6963,639
Switzerland841:97,77310,519
Chile531:332,3869,362
England421:1,326,62059,571
Netherlands361:469,08846,010
Czechia331:322,22640,051
Luxembourg301:19,3514,315
Croatia281:151,02220,421
Sweden261:378,72126,697
Thailand211:3,363,731310,277
Colombia151:3,184,93814,936
Denmark131:434,20928,556
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
Slovakia91:592,93964,129
Norway81:642,78647,258
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Ireland41:1,177,23516,494
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
China31:455,773,85521,925
Paraguay21:3,618,37313,977
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Malta11:430,2723,380
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5941:84,5438,821

The alternate forms: Wünderlich (97) are calculated separately.

Wunderlich (18) may also be a first name.

Wunderlich Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) The odd, or moody, man; one who was curious or nosy.

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

(German), Wonderful.

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

Wunderlich Last Name Facts

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

Wunderlich is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Wünderlich. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wunderlich? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 18,848th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 249,309 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 77 percent of Wunderlich reside; 76 percent reside in Western Europe and 75 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,608,198th most common first name at a global level. It is borne by 18 people.

The last name Wunderlich is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 21,496 people, or 1 in 3,745. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Saxony, where 21 percent are found, Bavaria, where 18 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 17 percent are found. Not including Germany this surname is found in 54 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 19 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.

Wunderlich Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wunderlich has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wunderlich last name increased 918 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 700 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wunderlich Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wunderlich last name are 16.69% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.46% registered with the political party.

The amount Wunderlich earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 24.26% less than the national average, earning 262,108 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 4.71% less than the national average, earning R 226,452 per year; in Colombia they earn 8.39% more than the national average, earning $24,608,100 COP per year; in United States they earn 12.99% more than the national average, earning $48,756 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.5% more than the national average, earning $52,910 CAD per year.

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