Wedge is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Wedge
No. of characters: 5
Origin: England
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Wedge

How popular is Wedge?

Wedge is common in England.

Wedge is ranked 80579 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Wedge bearers increased by 2.625 per cent in 2010 US census to 2463 since 2000, the surname slipped by 623 spots and ranked at 12566. The last name was found in around 8 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 89.28 90.17
Black 5.77 5.83
Hispanic or Latino 2.11 1.5
Others 1.87 1.75
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.69 0
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.28 0
Wedge is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while New Zealand is ahead in terms of density. Around 5440 people have been found who wears Wedge as their family name. Wedge is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
103,759 Spain8
40,256 Mexico2
118,441 Germany2
1,500,361 India2
26,123 Malaysia2
30,360 Thailand1
7,292 Vietnam1
5,553 Taiwan1
169,904 Brazil1
12,741 Ecuador1
29,046 Japan1
17,575 Kuwait1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
66,560 Philippines1
120,357 Argentina1
47,891 Norway1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,398 France49
7,279 Wales45
12,692 Scotland33
36,547 Switzerland27
Countries with hundreds of Wedge:
5,945 Canada725
11,021 Australia253
32,575 South Africa164
6,410 New Zealand116
Countries with thousands of Wedge:
12,148 United States2,915
6,451 England1,086
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Immigrant John Wedge from Great Britain aboard the Caleb Grimshaw from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 38 years old when he arrived in USA on May 27, 1848.

Wedge Namesakes

  • Chris Wedge, Director
  • Scott Wedgewood, Ice hockey player
  • Ann Wedgeworth, Character actress
  • Ann Wedgeworth, Character actress
  • Dave Wedge, Author
  • Hilman Wedgeworth, Marsha Blackburn's father
  • Chris Wedge, Director
  • Eric Wedge, Baseball Manager
  • Chris Wedge, Director
  • Chris Wedge, Director

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