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    The surname Wand

    A German occupational surname, carried by 854 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex W530

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wand is more common than 82.7% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Various origins: * A nickname for a shy or short-sighted person, from Old English wand (“mole”). * Borrowed from German Wand, a metonymic occupational surname for a weaver or cloth cutter, from Middle High German gewant (“cloth, garment”) (representing modern Gewand (“garment”)). * Borrowed from Dutch Wand, a metonymic occupational surname for a glove maker, from Middle Dutch want (“glove”).

    Wand is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 854 people named Wand in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 361,529 Americans. That is down 6.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 913.

    #28,049
    rank among US surnames
    854
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -6.5%
    change since 2000 (was #25,448)

    Who is named Wand

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    84% of people named Wand identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 84%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.3%
    • Two or more races 3.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wand

    Wand has the Soundex code W530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W530.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Wand come from?
    Various origins: * A nickname for a shy or short-sighted person, from Old English wand (“mole”). * Borrowed from German Wand, a metonymic occupational surname for a weaver or cloth cutter, from Middle High German gewant (“cloth, garment”) (representing modern Gewand (“garment”)). * Borrowed from…
    How common is the surname Wand?
    854 people in the United States had the surname Wand in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 361,529 Americans. It ranked 28,049th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wand?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Wand identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Wand?
    Wand is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Wand getting more or less common?
    Less common. 913 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 854 in 2010, down 6.5%.