Went
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See also: went
English
Etymology
Topographic surname, from Middle English went (“crossroad, passage”).
Proper noun
Went (countable and uncountable, plural Wents)
- A surname from Middle English.
- The River Went, a river in West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and East Riding of Yorkshire, England, a tributary of the River Don. It forms the boundary between South Yorkshire and both North Yorkshire and the East Riding in its lower reaches.
Derived terms
- (river) Wentbridge
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Went is the 58337th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 348 individuals. Went is most common among White (80.46%) and Black/African American (11.21%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Went”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.