Weide is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Weide
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Germany
Meaning:

Is a form of the Wade. 1. Verstegan says, "WADE, of his dwelling at a meadow;" and others make it synonymous with Ford—a water that may be waded. Hundred Rolls De Wade, and De la Wade. 2. It is also a personal name. Wade was one of the heroes of Scandinavian mythology, and became the subject of a medieval romance, often referred to in Chaucer and other writers, but now lost. "It appears," says historian Wright, "to have related a long series of wild adventures which Wade encountered in his boat, named Guingelot." A Wade or Wada, probably a Saxon, is named in Domesday, as having held lands previously to the Survey.

Weide is form of the Wade. Dweller at the shallow river crossing or ford; descendant of Wada meaning "to advance".

Weide is the variant of the Weidman. One who hunted game, a huntsman.

How popular is Weide?

Weide is common in Germany, United States, Brazil, Netherlands.

Weide is ranked 81150 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Weides plummeted by 16.87 per cent to 690 since 2000 and slipped by 5803 spots and ranked at 33164. The last name was found in around 2 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.35 96.75
Hispanic or Latino 3.04 1.2
Others 1.59 0
Weide is quite popular family name mostly used in Germany while Aruba is ahead in terms of density. Around 5990 people have been found who wears Weide as their family name. Weide is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Weide:
3,453 Germany3,082
29,352 United States1,125
Countries with hundreds of Weide:
9,634 Brazil855
4,692 Netherlands591
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
11,447 Finland47
63,991 Canada45
12,049 Denmark42
67,242 England35
25,592 Switzerland25
106,094 South Africa20
47,931 Austria17
38,752 Hungary14
237,812 Nigeria13
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
1,511 Aruba9
30,726 Qatar9
90,587 Sweden8
10,125 China7
190,047 Argentina6

Immigrants to US

From Germany

22 years old carpenter Ludw. Weide who was residing in See Waldeck Hesse Nassau (154) migrated to New York on June 2, 1851 by Kosmos put out from Bremen. Farmer Ignatz Weide, Farmer Mathilde Weide, 25 years old Auguste Weide, Alw. Weide, aged 22, Christine Weide (27), Jacob Weide, aged 26, Shoemaker Eduard Weide, 34 years old Friederike Weide, and 101 other Weide around 57.35% of whom were farmer while others worked as shoemaker and laborer, merchant, plumber, miller, smith migrated to US.

Weide Namesakes

  • Sander van der Weide, member of the Dutch team that won the golden medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  • Hu Weide, Chinese politician and diplomat during the Qing dynasty and the Republic of China
  • Robert B. Weide, American screenwriter, producer, and director

Weide Namesakes

  • Sander van der Weide, member of the Dutch team that won the golden medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  • Hu Weide, Chinese politician and diplomat during the Qing dynasty and the Republic of China
  • Robert B. Weide, American screenwriter, producer, and director

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