Llewelly Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wales

Llewelly Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Llewelly Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
England21:27,859,030389,889
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales101:156,8426,008
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Llewelly (27) may also be a first name.

Llewelly Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Llewelly Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Llewelly has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Llewelly.

How Common Is The Last Name Llewelly? popularity and diffusion

The surname Llewelly is the 6,360,413th most widespread surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Llewelly occurs mostly in The Americas, where 56 percent of Llewelly reside; 56 percent reside in North America and 56 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,036,353rd most common first name internationally, borne by 27 people.

It is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States Llewelly is mostly found in: California, where 25 percent reside, Georgia, where 25 percent reside and Oklahoma, where 25 percent reside. Outside of The United States it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 22 percent reside and Canada, where 11 percent reside.

Llewelly Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Llewelly has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Llewelly surname increased 200 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it contracted 71 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it contracted 90 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Llewella880/
Lebelly801/
Lewelle801/
Lewella800/
Lewly772/
Leweller751/
Leswelle751/
Llebelli751/
Lehwelle751/
Lewelled751/
Leebly710/
Lewley710/
Lebilly671/
Lewilla671/
Lebellé671/
Lewleys670/
Leively670/

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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 Llewelly
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