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Wenk

in the US

There are 1,124 people with the last name "Wenk" in the United States.

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Wenk 19,785
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  5. is 19,785th most common Wenk
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Similar Names and Nicknames

Wink, Winch, Wenke, Wenker, Wince, Wanke, Wenck, Winks, Wank, Wanko

Most Common First Names for Wenk

Robert, John, William, David, Joseph, Barbara, Charles, James, Mary, Richard

Meaning & History

German:

  • 1. from the Low German and Frisian personal name Weneke, a short form of any of the compound names beginning with the Old High German element wini ‘friend’.
  • 2. topographic name for someone who lived by a turning or bend, Middle High German wenke.
  • 3. from Middle Low German wenke, wenneke ‘wide woolen dress’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of such garments.
  • 4. nickname from Middle High German wenken ‘to stagger or waver’, probably applied to someone with a peculiar gait, or to a drinker or someone who was indecisive.

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