Welah Surname
Approximately 123 people bear this surname
Welah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 113 | 1:39,014 | 3,601 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17 | 1:2,954,040 | 135,915 |
Welah (92) may also be a first name.
Welah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Welah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Welah is found most frequently in Liberia. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Welah? popularity and diffusion
Welah is the 1,628,521st most commonly held last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 59,248,341 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Welah live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Welah is also the 992,070th most frequently occurring forename throughout the world, held by 92 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Liberia, where it is borne by 113 people, or 1 in 39,014. In Liberia it is primarily concentrated in: River Gee County, where 29 percent live, Montserrado County, where 25 percent live and Grand Gedeh County, where 21 percent live. Without taking into account Liberia Welah is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
Welah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Welah has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Welah surname decreased 82 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Welah
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