Welam Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Welam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 34 | 1:289,610 | 20,124 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
Welam (56) may also be a first name.
Welam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Welam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Welam is carried by more people in Sweden than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Welam click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Welam? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,293,424th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 105,616,607 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 52 percent of Welam reside; 52 percent reside in Northern Europe and 51 percent reside in Scandinavia. Welam is also the 1,321,957th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 56 people.
The last name Welam is most frequently used in Sweden, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 289,610. In Sweden it is most prevalent in: Dalarna County, where 38 percent live, Stockholm County, where 15 percent live and Östergötland County, where 12 percent live. Other than Sweden this surname is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 30 percent live and Ghana, where 13 percent live.
Welam Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Welam has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Welam last name fell 50 percent between 1881 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 Welam
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