How common is the surname Wendland?

2,728 people in the United States had the surname Wendland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 113,177 Americans. It ranked 11,529th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wendland?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wendland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Wendland getting more or less common?

More common. 2,594 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,728 in 2010, up 5.2%.

The surname Wendland

An English surname, carried by 2,728 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W534

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wendland is more common than 92.9% of them.

Origin

English origin

From the German surname, from a region of northern Germany inhabited by Wends (Slavs). See Wendt, Windland. Compare Old English Wineda land (“Slavia”).

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,728 people named Wendland in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 113,177 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,594.

#11,529

rank among US surnames

2,728

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+5.2%

change since 2000 (was #11,207)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,522	Truett	2,730	113,094
#11,524	Steffes	2,729	113,135
#11,529	Easterday	2,728	113,177
#11,534	Haigh	2,727	113,218
#11,537	Ritenour	2,726	113,260

Who is named Wendland

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

95% of people named Wendland identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wendland

Wendland has the Soundex code W534, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W534.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Wendland come from?: From the German surname, from a region of northern Germany inhabited by Wends (Slavs). See Wendt, Windland. Compare Old English Wineda land (“Slavia”).
How common is the surname Wendland?: 2,728 people in the United States had the surname Wendland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 113,177 Americans. It ranked 11,529th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wendland?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wendland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Wendland getting more or less common?: More common. 2,594 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,728 in 2010, up 5.2%.