Went

See also: went

English

Etymology

Topographic surname, from Middle English went (“crossroad, passage”).

Proper noun

Went (countable and uncountable, plural Wents)

1. A surname from Middle English.
2. 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 58337^th 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 City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• newt, twen