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The wendt Surname

wendt Name Meaning and History

German and Danish: ethnic name for a Wend, Middle High German wind(e). The Wends (also known as Sorbians) once occupied a large area of northeastern Germany (extending as far west as Lüneburg, with an area called Wendland), and many German place names and surnames are of Wendish origin. Their Slavic language is still spoken in the eastern part of Germany, around Bautzen and Cottbus.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The wendt name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the wendt family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of wendt Families in the US in 1920
Number of wendt families
 163-324
 55-162		 1-54
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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