Wie
surname · Latin script
Meaning: (pron) how; (part) as
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/wi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Wie is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Indonesia than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 2.3M(measured from records)
- NONorway1 in 13K
- IDIndonesia≈1 in 44K
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.
- Indonesia (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 224 (measured from records)
- 1 in 13K (inferred from the name graph)
≈6,100 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Norway
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
(pron) how; (part) as
Sources 1
- A Frequency Dictionary of German
Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Wie 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID Indonesia | ≈6,100 est. | ≈1 in 44K | listed | — | 2 |
| MY Malaysia | ≈480 est. | ≈1 in 67K | — | Wie | 20 |
| NO Norway | 428 | 1 in 13K | 428 | — | 8 |
| US United States | 146 | 1 in 2.3M | 171 | Wie | 224 |
| NL Netherlands | ≈94 est. | ≈1 in 184K | 20 | Wie | 8 |
| SG Singapore | ≈30 est. | ≈1 in 210K | — | Wie | 14 |
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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). 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)
Wie 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 cdo, belly, the bowels Wis #1 = in the abdomen; in the mind. Wii SWE the mind full of little toads—
as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect
In cdo, tghe (8 a harelip, (Ikiék-chdi) meme 4 spittle, (tang-lang). MERE (C)) f# remnants of food
as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect
In cdo, a stick to hold scrolls in place against wall, one scroll or picture, (ta-chdek)
as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect
In cdo, death by hacking. : BEAU «= slowly cut to pieces, a form ot punishment
as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect
In cdo, to strike with the hand, (pah) mR =x to fence, to play at broad sword
as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect
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)
- Sang-Kyu Wieb. 1926KRSouth Korean military flight engineer
- Wi Sung Lacb. 1954KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean former diplomat, politician
- Wi Seong-gonb. 1968KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean politician
- Wie Sung-Woob. 1971KRSouth Korean basketball player (1971-)
- Wi Ji-woongb. 1986KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actor and model
- Michelle Wieb. 1989USAmerican professional golfer
- Wi Ha-junb. 1991KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actor
- Wi Taewoongb. 1993KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean Go player
- Wi Seo-yeongb. 2005KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean figure skater
- Wui Hye-deokKRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean association football player
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 21 sources across 13 countries.
Reference works 1
- 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 Wie mean, and where does it come from?
- (pron) how; (part) as Recorded by A Frequency Dictionary of German.
- How do you pronounce Wie?
- A machine transcription gives /wi/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Wie have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 6.1 thousand people named Wie in Indonesia, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Wie most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Wie is densest in Norway — about 1 in 13 thousand people — even though Indonesia holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Wie?
- In Norway, the national register counted 428 people named Wie, about 1 in 13 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/wieThe 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, “Wie”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.