Weels Surname

637,196th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 478 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Suriname

Weels Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Weels Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2561:211,63222,369
Egypt1831:502,38128,715
Netherlands121:1,407,26575,423
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Suriname41:138,1547,029
England21:27,859,030389,889
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States421:1,195,68367,545

The alternate forms: Weëls (2) are calculated separately.

Weels Last Name Facts

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

Weels occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may appear as: Weëls. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Weels? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 637,196th most frequently held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 15,245,912 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Weels are found; 54 percent are found in Southern Africa and 54 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Weels is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 256 people, or 1 in 211,632. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Western Cape, where 73 percent reside, Northern Cape, where 10 percent reside and North West, where 7 percent reside. Barring South Africa this last name is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 38 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 3 percent reside.

Weels Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Weels has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Weels last name decreased 74 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 33 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Weels Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Weels surname are 28.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 75% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Weels earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 48.81% less than the national average, earning R 121,644 per year and in United States they earn 7.59% less than the national average, earning $39,875 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Weëls932/
Wheels9135/
Weells911/
Weeles911/
Wels892,849/
Wheeles83522/
Wheelss832/
Wells80315,346/
Welsh8082,193/
Beels80794/
Wiels80478/
Weals80109/
Weyls8082/
Weils8079/
Waels8074/
Welss8066/
Welsz8057/
Weles8056/
Veels8038/
Woels8038/
Welhs8012/
Welse8012/
Weelz804/
Welsp801/
Welsø801/
Whels800/
Wehls800/
Wheeless771,351/
Wls753/
Welsch7316,833/
Welles733,435/
Wheals73154/
Weales73116/
Weills7377/
Welese7355/
Wealls7337/
Welshe7332/
Wiehls7313/
Wellls739/
Wheles738/
Wellsh737/
Whells735/
Wellss734/
Weiles733/
Wuells733/
Wealsh732/
Woells732/
Wellse732/
Weyles732/
Whelsh732/
Weelch731/
Vehels731/
Waells731/
Well's731/
Hwells731/
Wiells731/
Welsse731/
Welsjh731/
Weless731/
Weilss731/
Beells731/
Weslsh731/
Wehlse730/
Welssh730/
Weihls730/
Wheelless7119/
Welz679,517/
Wils673,946/
Wheless671,316/
Vels671,080/
Bels67760/
Wielsch67353/
Wöls67243/
Welß67129/
Welsche6752/
Weleshe6752/
Uels6747/
Wellesz6737/
Wheiles6734/
Wyls6725/
Wellsch6722/
Waelsch6719/
Wlsd675/
Wlsz674/
Wles672/
Wlsp672/
Wheales672/
Whelles671/
Wheelez671/
Welschh671/
Wlls671/
Wlsh671/
D'Welsh671/
D'Wheeless671/
Wwls671/
Welx671/
Wlhs671/
Wlse671/
Wlss671/
Wealshe670/

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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
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  • 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 Weels
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