Wendling surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Wendling surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 3,747 people carried this name — #8,147 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 71,900 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 2,432 people named Wendling.

42 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 63 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 42
Bas-Rhin 1,508
Haut-Rhin 258
Moselle 188
Meurthe-et-Moselle 78
Paris 76
Rhône 29
Vosges 26
Yvelines 21

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

45 people named Wendling live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Bern 14
Basel-Landschaft 7
Zurich 7
Vaud 5
Geneva 4
Graubünden 4
Valais 4

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Wendling is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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