Werda
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Werda is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- PLPoland1 in 200K(measured from records)
- USUnited States1 in 1.4M
- CHSwitzerland1 in 1.7M
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.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 10 (measured from records)
- 1 in 200K (inferred from the name graph)
235 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
Poland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Werda 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 235 | 1 in 1.4M | 235 | — | 7 |
| PL Poland | 191 | 1 in 200K | 101 | — | — |
| DZ Algeria | ≈7 est. | ≈1 in 6.5M | — | Werda | 3 |
| CH Switzerland | 5 | 1 in 1.7M | 5 | — | — |
| TN Tunisia | — | — | — | Werda | 10 |
235 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); 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)
Werda 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 ovd, To become; be allowed to, be or become forced to.
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.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 12 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 235 | #80,678 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 218 | #80,812 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 214 | #92,231 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 101 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 101 | #29,854 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 90 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 90 | #32,316 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 5 | #101,952 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- 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
- Hoffman, Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings (2nd ed., 2012)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
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
- In which country does Werda have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 235 people named Werda, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Werda most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Werda is densest in Poland — about 1 in 200 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Werda?
- In the United States, the national register counted 235 people named Werda in 2010, about 1 in 1.4 million residents.
What do you want to know about Werda?
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/werdaThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Werda”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.