Welander Surname
Approximately 1,968 people bear this surname
Welander Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 1,140 | 1:8,638 | 790 |
| United States | 453 | 1:800,130 | 61,707 |
| Denmark | 124 | 1:45,522 | 4,753 |
| Finland | 118 | 1:46,582 | 5,720 |
| Norway | 41 | 1:125,422 | 16,333 |
| Belgium | 20 | 1:574,832 | 53,219 |
| Canada | 15 | 1:2,456,373 | 146,130 |
| Israel | 15 | 1:570,509 | 41,023 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Scotland | 10 | 1:535,382 | 20,332 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17 | 1:2,954,040 | 135,915 |
Welander (12) may also be a first name.
Welander Demographics
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Welander Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Welander Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Welander is found in Sweden more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Welander? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 209,874th most numerous surname in the world, held by around 1 in 3,703,021 people. Welander occurs mostly in Europe, where 75 percent of Welander are found; 73 percent are found in Northern Europe and 72 percent are found in Scandinavia. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 12 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Sweden, where it is carried by 1,140 people, or 1 in 8,638. In Sweden it is primarily concentrated in: Stockholm County, where 36 percent reside, Skåne County, where 16 percent reside and Västra Götaland County, where 14 percent reside. Besides Sweden it is found in 22 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 23 percent reside and Denmark, where 6 percent reside.
Welander Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Welander has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Welander last name rose 2,665 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Welander Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Welander last name are 16.44% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.21% registered with the party.
The amount Welander earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 18.89% less than the national average, earning 280,693 kr per year; in United States they earn 1.79% more than the national average, earning $43,922 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.66% more than the national average, earning $53,487 CAD per year.
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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
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