Quelch Surname

246,275th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,615 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Turks and Caicos Islands

Quelch Surname Definition:

1612.

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Quelch Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England9441:59,0237,045
United States2251:1,610,929108,055
Canada1561:236,19022,564
Australia1431:188,78118,817
Turks and Caicos Islands391:880118
New Zealand311:146,07517,002
Jamaica281:102,4984,206
Wales101:309,45316,869
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
United States Virgin Islands41:27,5943,273
Guyana31:254,07411,262
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland61:738,31121,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4991:48,8485,998
Wales51:313,68310,604
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States351:1,434,82077,606

Quelch Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the nationality of an ancestor, 'the Welsh,' i.e. the Welshman. Compare Gwyllim for William, Quilliams for Williams, and Quhitelaw for Whitelaw, and v. Whitehead. In the instances below an intermediate form Gwelch is given:

1612. Thomas Quilche and Mary Wellam: Marriage Lic. (London).

William Quelch, 1613: St. Mary Alderman'.

1645. Married-Henry Quelch and Jane Collins: St. Peter, Cornhill.

Margaret Gwelch, 1686: St. James, Clerkenwell.

Margaret Quelch, 1688: ibid.

These last two entries refer to the same person.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Celtic + Teutonic) for Mac Welch = Son of the Welshman: v. Welch [Irish, Gaelic, and Manx mac, son]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A northern guttural pronunciation of Welch or Welsh.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

The name of Quelch occurs only in my list for the county of Durham. The rector of Hackford, Norfolk, in the reign of James I., bore this name (Blomefield's "Norfolk").

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Quelch Last Name Facts

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

Quelch is found most in England. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Quelch? popularity and diffusion

The last name Quelch is the 246,275th most frequent last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 4,512,412 people. The surname Quelch occurs mostly in Europe, where 60 percent of Quelch reside; 60 percent reside in Northern Europe and 60 percent reside in British Isles.

The last name is most frequently occurring in England, where it is borne by 944 people, or 1 in 59,023. In England it is mostly concentrated in: Berkshire, where 15 percent live, Greater London, where 14 percent live and Hampshire, where 12 percent live. Beside England Quelch exists in 22 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 14 percent live and Canada, where 10 percent live.

Quelch Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Quelch has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Quelch surname increased 189 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 643 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Quelch Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Catholic (83%) in Ireland.

In The United States Quelch are 22.93% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 69.7% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Quelch earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 49.75% less than the national average, earning R 119,412 per year; in United States they earn 0.85% less than the national average, earning $42,784 USD per year and in Canada they earn 28.32% more than the national average, earning $63,754 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Quelche922/
Qulch918/
Qelch911/
Qualch832/
Quelce831/
Quelsh831/
Guelch831/
Quilch830/
Quilche772/
Kelch735,988/
Qalch73760/
Qilch7312/
Quels738/
Qlech734/
Celch733/
Qolch731/
Qelhj731/
Quillche711/
Kelsch674,004/
Keltch67166/
Keilch6749/
Kielch6748/
Quilce6717/
Kelche6715/
Kellch6714/
Chelch6712/
Quells6711/
Quilci6710/
Qlc675/
Koelch675/
Quiels672/
Kelchs672/
Quilcs671/
Quillc671/
Kwelch671/
Cwelch671/
Kealch670/

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