Wann
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from OE wann ‘wan, pale’; first attested Warner, Robert Wan 1297 SRY, 1327 SRSf
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈwɑn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Wann is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Guinea than in any other country.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 137K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 161K
- GNGuinea≈1 in 5.7K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Guinea (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 250 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 5.7K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,200 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Guinea, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from OE wann ‘wan, pale’; first attested Warner, Robert Wan 1297 SRY, 1327 SRSf
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Wann counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GN Guinea | ≈2,200 est. | ≈1 in 5.7K | listed | — | — |
| US United States | 2,068 | 1 in 161K | 2.1K | Wann | 250 |
| MY Malaysia | ≈650 est. | ≈1 in 50K | — | Wann | 23 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈480 est. | ≈1 in 137K | 271 | Wann | 89 |
| DE Germany | ≈320 est. | ≈1 in 251K | — | Wann | 41 |
| AU Australia | ≈220 est. | ≈1 in 116K | — | Wann | 60 |
| SG Singapore | ≈83 est. | ≈1 in 75K | — | Wann | 10 |
| IE Ireland | ≈80 est. | ≈1 in 64K | — | Wann | 5 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); the gn-sylla-patronymes register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Wann is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, when
as a wordA Frequency Dictionary of German
In nds, when (wannehr is sometimes used with this meaning as well)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In ang, dark
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Paul Wannb. 1869CZAustrian painter (born 1869)
- Frank Burkett Wannb. 1892botanist (1892-1954)
- Marie Wannb. 1911USAmerican statistician and author
- Walter Carl Wann, Jr.b. 1921USAmerican soldier; recipient of the Silver Star
- Sandy Wannb. 1940GBEnglish footballer (born 1940)
- Dennis Wannb. 1950GBEnglish footballer (born 1950)
- Keith Wannb. 1969USAmerican actor
- Alpha Wannb. 1989FRFrench rapper
- Derek A. WannGBresearcher
- Kenneth Wannresearcher
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 19 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 2.1K | #14,447 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 2K | #13,791 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.9K | #14,812 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 271 | #17,515 |
| GN Guinea | Patronymes de Guinée — Fodé Tass Sylla surname inventory (432 noms de famille) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Wann mean, and where does it come from?
- from OE wann ‘wan, pale’; first attested Warner, Robert Wan 1297 SRY, 1327 SRSf Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- How do you pronounce Wann?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈwɑn/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Wann have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.2 thousand people named Wann in Guinea, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Wann?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,068 people named Wann in 2010, about 1 in 161 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/wannThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Wann”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.