Wenk is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Wenk
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Germany
Meaning:

Family name Wenk is variant form of Wenig. The short or small man.

How popular is Wenk?

Wenk is common in Germany, United States, Switzerland, Argentina, Austria, Brazil.

Wenk is ranked 52506 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Wenks plummeted by 5.01 per cent to 1061 since 2000 and slipped by 2090 spots and ranked at 23817. The last name was found in around 4 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 96.14 97.05
Hispanic or Latino 2.54 1.61
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.57 0
Others 0.47 0.9
Wenk is quite popular family name mostly used in Germany however Switzerland is ahead in terms of density. Around 9747 people have been found who wears Wenk as their family name. Wenk is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Wenk:
1,890 Germany5,555
19,195 United States1,864
900 Switzerland1,412
Countries with hundreds of Wenk:
14,303 Argentina251
7,551 Austria180
54,207 Brazil130
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
103,228 France75
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
70,350 Canada40
54,700 Australia30
27,106 Israel27
83,680 Poland27
89,093 England23
106,094 South Africa20
22,770 Denmark18
29,869 Venezuela11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
476,604 Thailand8
34,598 New Zealand8
98,400 Belgium7
493,300 Russia6
121,657 Italy6
101,176 Netherlands6
35,997 Chile6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

26 years old Josepha Wenk who was residing in Wurtemberg migrated to USA on June 24, 1852 by Alexander put out from Rotterdam. J.H.Wilhlm Wenk, aged 25, Sebastian Wenk (24), Leopold Wenk (35) Carpenter, Louise Wenk, aged Of unknown age, Valentin Wenk, aged 23, Crescent Wenk, aged 4, 18 years old Francoise Wenk, Farmer Marie Wenk, and 156 other Wenk around 35.11% of whom were farmer while others worked as servant and merchant, shoemaker, laborer, joiner, mechanic, smith migrated to US.

Wenk Namesakes

  • Stefan Wenk, male javelin thrower from Germany
  • János Wenk, Hungarian water polo player and backstroke swimmer

Wenk Namesakes

  • Stefan Wenk, male javelin thrower from Germany
  • János Wenk, Hungarian water polo player and backstroke swimmer

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