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    The surname Wendt

    A surname, carried by 12,712 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). Wendt is more common than 98.3% of them.

    Origin

    German and Danish surname, from Wende, the German name for Slavic people (particularly Sorbs and Kashubs) from the borders of Germany and Poland. Compare Wendland, and the semantics of Serbin.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 12,712 people named Wendt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,288 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 12,744.

    #2,838
    rank among US surnames
    12,712
    people in 2010
    4.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.3%
    change since 2000 (was #2,605)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,829Pedraza12,74824,219
    #2,830Crisp12,74124,232
    #2,831Gillette12,72424,265
    #2,832Stock12,72224,269
    #2,833Messina12,71724,278
    #2,836Angulo12,71424,284
    #2,837Amato12,71324,286

    Who is named Wendt

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

    95% of people named Wendt identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wendt

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Wendt come from?
    German and Danish surname, from Wende, the German name for Slavic people (particularly Sorbs and Kashubs) from the borders of Germany and Poland. Compare Wendland, and the semantics of Serbin.
    How common is the surname Wendt?
    12,712 people in the United States had the surname Wendt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,288 Americans. It ranked 2,838th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wendt?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wendt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Wendt getting more or less common?
    Less common. 12,744 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,712 in 2010, down 0.3%.