Wagen
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from wagon/vehicle; also occupational names from 'wagon maker, driver'
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/wæɡən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Wagen is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Norway than in any other country.
- USUnited States≈1 in 2.6M(inferred from the name graph)
- NONorway1 in 42K
- CHSwitzerland1 in 138K
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.
- Norway (measured from records)
- Sources
- 91 (measured from records)
- 1 in 42K (inferred from the name graph)
130 people
Highest-authority source
Norway
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from wagon/vehicle; also occupational names from 'wagon maker, driver'
Sources 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Wagen 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO Norway | 130 | 1 in 42K | 130 | Wagen | 4 |
| US United States | ≈130 est. | ≈1 in 2.6M | listed | Wagen | 91 |
| CH Switzerland | 61 | 1 in 138K | 61 | Wagen | 13 |
| DE Germany | ≈57 est. | ≈1 in 1.4M | — | Wagen | 24 |
| CA Canada | ≈30 est. | ≈1 in 1.3M | — | Wagen | 22 |
| AT Austria | ≈9 est. | ≈1 in 1M | — | Wagen | 4 |
| PA Panama | ≈3 est. | ≈1 in 1.2M | — | Wagen | 1 |
130 people counted by SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population), counting the spelling wågen. 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: the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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)
Wagen is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Plate shows o/ö vowel variation in this surname type. Bearer count: 52.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
In German, car, carriage
as a wordA Frequency Dictionary of German
In German, to dare, risk
as a wordA Frequency Dictionary of German
In German, a wheeled vehicle for transporting anything
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In enm, To employ, use, or utilise a person.
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.
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 6 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 61 | #16,013 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- 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 are other forms of the name Wagen?
- In the etymology graph, Wain, Waage and Vogn are forms of the same name in other languages.
- What does the name Wagen mean, and where does it come from?
- from wagon/vehicle; also occupational names from 'wagon maker, driver' Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- How do you pronounce Wagen?
- A machine transcription gives /wæɡən/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Wagen have the most bearers?
- In Norway, the national register counted about 130 people named Wagen, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled wagen.
- Where is Wagen most common?
- Wagen is densest in Norway, where the national register counts about 1 in 42 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Wagen?
- In Norway, the national register counted 130 people named Wagen, about 1 in 42 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/wagenThe 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, “Wagen”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.