Wander Family History
Wander Name Meaning
German: occupational name for a builder, one who built walls,
from an agent derivative of Middle High German want ‘wall’
(from Old High German wenten ‘to wind or weave’; the earliest
domestic walls were of wattle and daub construction, made from woven
hurdles packed with clay).German: occupational name for a maker
or seller of cloth, from an agent derivative of a reduced form of
Middle High German gewant ‘cloth’, ‘garment’ (from Old High
German giwant, likewise a derivative of wenten ‘to
weave’).Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Wanderer, a
nickname from Yiddish vandern ‘to wander or hike’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Wander Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Wander families
 44 - 86  15 - 43 |
 1 - 14  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Wander families
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9 - 15 4 - 8 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Wander last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Wander Family Origin
Wander Immigration Information
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Wander Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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