Wert — Family Name, Records and Arms

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The meaning behind Wert

Spelled Wert, the surname still points back to Werth. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “River island”.

Wert drops the “h” of Werth, a simplification that clerks often made. The 2010 US Census counted 4,248 people named Wert, ranking it number 7,795 among American surnames. In Spain, the INE population register lists 210 people with Wert as their first surname and 207 as their second. Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Wirt.

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