Wein is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Wein
No. of characters: 4
Origin: England
Meaning:

Wein is a variant form of Wainman. The driver of a wain or wagon.

One who made and sold wine.

Wein is a variation of the Wainer. One who drove a wagon or cart, a carter.

Family name Wein is the variant of Wayne. Dweller at the sing of the wagon.

Form of Wenman. WainwrightAnglo-Saxon wan, wagon, and man. A wagoner. See under - (Anglo-Saxon wen.) Wain is an old, but nearly obsolete, word for wagon. In Sussex, a shed in which wagons stand is called a wain-house or 'wen-hus,' and in some parts of England a wagoner is called a wain-man, whence the surname Wenman. Nor must we forget the constellation, Charles's Wain. A Wainwright was therefore synonymous with Cartwright and Wheelwright, also English surnames, and signified builder of wagons.

How popular is Wein?

Wein is common in United States, Germany, Australia, Canada, Austria, France.

Wein is ranked 72644 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Weins plummeted by 4.81 per cent to 1842 since 2000 and slipped by 1580 spots and ranked at 15806. The last name was found in around 6 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.63 95.56
Hispanic or Latino 1.9 1.55
Others 1.19 0.93
Black 1.09 0.93
Wein is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Germany is ahead in terms of density. Around 6784 people have been found who wears Wein as their family name. Wein is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Wein:
12,899 United States3,005
4,323 Germany2,454
Countries with hundreds of Wein:
12,799 Australia234
17,393 Canada212
8,178 Austria164
61,887 France156
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
49,911 Poland74
12,406 Hungary73
28,230 Belgium52
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
68,634 England34
10,163 Liberia32
41,854 Malaysia32
222,297 Russia29
42,091 Papua New Guinea26
19,801 New Zealand24
29,271 Switzerland21
228,483 Brazil19
328,346 Thailand18
18,211 Singapore13
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
30,726 Qatar9
4,667 Costa Rica8
8,933 China8
62,476 Israel8
100,283 Spain6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Dressmaker Cathr. Wein from Great Britain aboard the Governor Hinckley from Glasgow during the Irish famine. She is registered to be 30 years old when she arrived in Philadelphia on October 26, 1848. Joseph Wein (21) Farmer, are others that migrated to US.

From Germany

Christine Wein worked as farmer and hailed from Hessen. 23 years old embarked for USA from Havre on Germania and arrived on September 25, 1852. Jacob Wein, aged 27, Lorenz Wein (20), 27 years old Jacque Wein, 7 years old Carl Wein, Edouard Wein, Ignaz Wein, aged 18, Philipp Wein (23) Farmer, Rosalie Wein, and 162 other Wein around 36.84% of whom were farmer while others worked as tailor and laborer, shoemaker, undefined code, spinster, furrier, servant, butcher, baker migrated to US.

Wein Namesakes

  • Albert Wein, American sculptor
  • Chuck Wein, American promoter and manager of entertainment acts whose celebrity stemmed from his five-year association with Andy Warhol and
  • Len Wein, editor for writer Alan Moore and illustrator Dave Gibbons' influential DC miniseries 'Watchmen'
  • Desiderius Wein, Hungarian doctor and gymnast
  • George Wein, American jazz promoter and producer
  • Berel Wein, American-born Orthodox rabbi, lecturer and writer

Wein Namesakes

  • Albert Wein, American sculptor
  • Chuck Wein, American promoter and manager of entertainment acts whose celebrity stemmed from his five-year association with Andy Warhol and
  • Len Wein, editor for writer Alan Moore and illustrator Dave Gibbons' influential DC miniseries 'Watchmen'
  • Desiderius Wein, Hungarian doctor and gymnast
  • George Wein, American jazz promoter and producer
  • Berel Wein, American-born Orthodox rabbi, lecturer and writer

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