Wentzel is used as a family name or surname in South Africa. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Wentzel
No. of characters: 7
Origin: South Africa
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Wentzel

How popular is Wentzel?

Wentzel is common in South Africa.

Wentzel is ranked 19657 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Wentzel bearers increased by 0.8769526 per cent in 2010 US census to 3681 since 2000, the surname slipped by 551 spots and ranked at 8894. The last name was found in around 12 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.82 97.23
Hispanic or Latino 1.44 0.77
Others 1.3 0.99
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.68 0.69
Black 0.41 0
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.35 0
Wentzel is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in South Africa which signifies that it is originated from South Africa. Around 26485 people have been found who wears Wentzel as their family name. Wentzel 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
5,340 Iceland6
14,054 China3
65,594 Belgium2
19,046 Ireland2
89,020 Tanzania2
1,848 Madagascar2
54,135 Philippines2
7,292 Vietnam1
897,276 Russia1
7,790 Zambia1
37,493 Austria1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
53,505 Turkey1
30,360 Thailand1
10,190 Bahrain1
692 Guinea1
29,046 Japan1
40,340 Malaysia1
5,916 Mozambique1
8,181 Botswana1
9,591 Panama1
5,924 Paraguay1
24,176 Qatar1
36,814 Romania1
12,745 Luxembourg1
36,678 Singapore1
7,895 South Korea1
1,179 Swaziland1
24,771 Colombia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,318 United Arab Emirates46
14,386 New Zealand40
12,692 Scotland33
21,901 Chile27
46,826 Zimbabwe22
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
17,456 Switzerland63
11,009 Finland60
Countries with hundreds of Wentzel:
4,653 Netherlands571
13,576 England436
2,679 Sweden377
35,533 France282
1,467 Namibia244
49,962 Brazil207
19,108 Canada188
16,314 Australia162
5,488 Norway138
36,751 Argentina134
4,517 Denmark133
8,668 Hungary131
Countries with thousands of Wentzel:
8,461 United States4,417
4,922 Germany1,849
Countries with ten thousands of Wentzel:
410 South Africa16,876
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Comments

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Lashunda Mattoon
Wentzel was widespread in the Middle Ages and is reappeared in 1966 mannheim this name represents a form of Wenceslas remains today a very popular surname lar in the countries of the east it is composed of waclaf = = Slava crown and glory, fame.

Wentzel Namesakes

  • Magni Wentzel, Musician
  • Donat G. Wentzel, Author
  • Gregor Wentzel, Physicist
  • Jacob Johannes Greyling Wentzel, Politician
  • Gregor Wentzel, Physicist
  • Kitty Wentzel, Writer
  • Stan Wentzel, Baseball player
  • Åse Wentzel, Singer
  • Kaleb Wentzel-Fisher, Cinematographer

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