Welande Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Niger
Highest density in:
Niger

Welande Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Welande Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Niger61:3,198,67054,540
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Welande Last Name Facts

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

The last name Welande is found most in Niger. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Welande? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,723,624th most frequent family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Welande are found; 75 percent are found in West Africa and 75 percent are found in Chadic Africa.

This last name is most common in Niger, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 3,198,670. In Niger it is primarily found in: Tillabéri Region, where 83 percent live and Niamey Capital District, where 17 percent live. Barring Niger this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 13 percent live and The United States, where 13 percent live.

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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 Welande
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