Welo Surname
Approximately 4,608 people bear this surname
Welo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 3,181 | 1:23,225 | 2,934 |
| Egypt | 366 | 1:251,191 | 17,305 |
| Uganda | 302 | 1:129,269 | 11,983 |
| Ivory Coast | 141 | 1:163,626 | 7,475 |
| Indonesia | 112 | 1:1,180,796 | 83,720 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| United States | 95 | 1:3,815,357 | 209,650 |
| Poland | 95 | 1:400,092 | 42,855 |
| Papua New Guinea | 73 | 1:111,695 | 15,161 |
| Norway | 69 | 1:74,526 | 10,434 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
Welo (1,222) may also be a first name.
Welo Demographics
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Welo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Welo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Welo (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻟﻮ) occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Welo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 102,285th most commonly used family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 1,581,499 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Welo are found; 69 percent are found in Central Africa and 69 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 226,387th most widely held first name at a global level, held by 1,222 people.
This surname is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 3,181 people, or 1 in 23,225. Barring The DR Congo Welo occurs in 39 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 8 percent are found and Uganda, where 7 percent are found.
Welo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Welo has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Welo last name rose 633 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 1,100 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Welo Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Welo are 0.62% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 53.85% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Welo earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 1.65% less than the national average, earning 340,378 kr per year and in United States they earn 16.86% less than the national average, earning $35,875 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Welo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Welo in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﻟﻮ | wlw | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Welo
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