Vellacot Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Cyprus

Vellacot Surname Definition:

From vellan-coit, the mill by the wood.

Vellacot Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770

Vellacot Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From vellan-coit, the mill by the wood.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Vellacot Last Name Facts

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

Vellacot is held by more people in Australia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Vellacot? popularity and diffusion

The surname Vellacot is the 7,117,718th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Vellacot is predominantly found in Oceania, where 57 percent of Vellacot live; 57 percent live in Australasia and 57 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Australia, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 6,748,925. In Australia it is most common in: Queensland, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Australia this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 14 percent are found and Cyprus, where 14 percent are found.

Vellacot Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Vellacot has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Vellacot surname fell 89 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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