Wendling History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Wendling family

The surname Wendling was first found in Norfolk at Wendling, a parish, in the union of Mitford and Launditch, hundred of Launditch, in the W. division of Norfolk. Some time before 1267 an abbey was founded by William de Wendling, in honor of the Blessed Virgin, for Praemonstratensian canons. The name is thought to have meant "settlement of the family or followers of a man called Waendel" which was derived from the Old English personal name + ingas 1. The place was listed in the Domesday Book as Wenlinga and was land held by the Abbot of St. Edmund and was rather small by standards of that day having only six acres, room for only one plough. 2 Later, in the year 1273 William de Wendling was listed there in the Hundredorum Rolls.

Early History of the Wendling family

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Wendling Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Wendlin, Wendling, Windling, Windlin and others.

Early Notables of the Wendling family

Distinguished members of the family include

the Wendling family of Norfolk

Wendling Ranking

In the United States, the name Wendling is the 9,758^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 3 However, in France, the name Wendling is ranked the 1,472^nd most popular surname with an estimated 3,957 people with that name. 4

Wendling migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Wendling Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

George Wendling went to Philadelphia in 1747
Georg Wendling, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1747 5
Jacob Wendling, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1749 5
Peter Wendling, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1752 5
Dewalt Wendling, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1752 5

Wendling Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

George Wendling who went to America in 1828
Elizabeth Wendling went to America in 1837
Andre Wendling, who arrived in New York, NY with his wife and two children in 1846
Heinrich Wendling, who landed in Galveston, Tex in 1850 5
El Maria Wendling, who arrived in North America in 1854 5
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Wendling (post 1700) +

John Wendling (b. 1983), American NFL football safety for the Detroit Lions
Pete Wendling (1888-1974), American composer and pianist
Johann Baptist "Jean Baptiste" Wendling (1723-1797), German flute player and composer of the Mannheim School
Jean Wendling (b. 1934), retired French football defender
Maria Dorothea Wendling (1736-1811), German soprano
Karl Wendling (1857-1918), German pianist
Karl Wendling (1875-1962), German violinist and musical educator, concertmaster with the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Citations +

Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8)
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)