Wengler
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Toponymic surname from Wangen/Weng- place names; origin explicitly to settlement names or nearby dwelling sites
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈwɪŋəɫɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Wengler is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- DEGermany
- USUnited States
- ATAustria
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Toponymic surname from Wangen/Weng- place names; origin explicitly to settlement names or nearby dwelling sites. Bearer count: 16. Jh.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Wengler is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Toponymic surname: from a settlement name on -wang/-weng.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte
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)
- Eduard Wenglerb. 1809DEGerman publisher, 1809–1870
- Friedrich Albert Wenglerb. 1829DEFriedrich AlbertWengler
- Heinrich Wenglerb. 1889DEGerman italianist (1889-1946)
- Maximilian Wenglerb. 1890DERecipient of the Knight's Cross (1890–1945)
- Konrad Wenglerb. 1896DE(1896-1973)
- Heinz Wenglerb. 1912DEroad bicycle racer (1912–1942)
- Marcel Wenglerb. 1946LUcomposer
- Yves Wenglerb. 1963LULuxembourgish politician
- Lisa Wenglerb. 1992LULuxembourgian association football player
- Thorsten WenglerCHresearcher ORCID ID = 0000-0002-4375-5265
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 22 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 528 | #43,946 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 504 | #40,833 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 501 | #43,151 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 50 | #104,821 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 47 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 47 | #52,775 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 32 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 32 | #67,603 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 27 | #39,324 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 25 | #21,661 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 25 | #78,618 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 17 | #26,511 |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Wengler come from?
- Toponymic surname from Wangen/Weng- place names; origin explicitly to settlement names or nearby dwelling sites. Bearer count: 16. Jh. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte.
- How do you pronounce Wengler?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈwɪŋəɫɝ/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Wengler mean?
- Recorded meaning: Toponymic surname from Wangen/Weng- place names; origin explicitly to settlement names or nearby dwelling sites.
- In which country does Wengler have the most bearers?
- Wengler is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Wengler”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.