Wenger is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Wenger
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Two possibilities. Is he who comes from a place called Weng or Wengen (= wet meadow), a contraction Weniger, nickname designating a small person or of little value (wenig German adjective).

How popular is Wenger?

Wenger is common in United States.

Wenger is ranked 18543 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Wenger bearers increased by 7.693871 per cent in 2010 US census to 10596 since 2000, the surname slipped by 36 spots and ranked at 3369. The last name was found in around 36 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 96.36 97.47
Hispanic or Latino 1.59 0.98
Others 1.04 0.63
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.45 0.37
Black 0.4 0.35
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.16 0.21
Wenger is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Switzerland is ahead in terms of density. Around 28095 people have been found who wears Wenger as their family name. Wenger is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
74,531 Czech Republic10
464,493 Indonesia9
9,568 Thailand8
7,031 China6
27,602 Nigeria4
2,915 Paraguay3
16,136 Kenya3
35,184 Poland3
10,762 Hungary3
6,270 Hong Kong3
54,135 Philippines2
24,766 Scotland2
19,093 Finland2
17,547 Colombia2
8,995 Uganda2
89,020 Tanzania2
1,500,361 India2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
31,584 Peru1
2,057 Myanmar1
37,779 Serbia1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
17,575 Kuwait1
1,253 Burundi1
2,374 Bermuda1
897,276 Russia1
7,292 Vietnam1
53,505 Turkey1
31,207 Ireland1
29,046 Japan1
16,283 Lithuania1
7,941 Guatemala1
2,578 Guam1
2,040 Mali1
2,715 Gabon1
2,309 Monaco1
5,872 Namibia1
3,993 El Salvador1
7,895 South Korea1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
25,721 Egypt1
12,741 Ecuador1
5,553 Taiwan1
11,831 Tajikistan1
14,644 Tunisia1
9,498 Iceland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
33,012 Belgium45
47,615 Spain41
49,393 Netherlands35
3,830 Luxembourg20
23,914 Denmark20
15,050 Singapore18
26,722 New Zealand14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
24,811 Australia97
4,105 Wales90
Countries with hundreds of Wenger:
5,449 Canada799
14,184 South Africa438
14,020 Argentina388
44,967 Brazil238
28,040 England167
21,011 Mexico157
11,447 Malaysia152
6,499 Sweden145
8,390 Israel130
7,635 Chile126
6,099 Norway125
59,335 Italy112
Countries with thousands of Wenger:
53 Switzerland5,897
1,952 Germany4,169
5,331 France1,580
629 Austria1,205
Countries with ten thousands of Wenger:
3,410 United States11,788
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Comments

C
Celesta Paetzold
wenger is a surname of Germanic origin, widespread in Alsace incurred, it represents a form of weniger, name derives from wenig meaning small, insignificant nickname which applies to a man of little value.

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