Welas Surname
Approximately 1,511 people bear this surname
Welas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 1,495 | 1:88,461 | 9,262 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
Welas (11,056) may also be a first name.
Welas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Welas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Welas is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Welas? popularity and diffusion
Welas is the 260,043rd most numerous family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 4,822,995 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Welas are found; 99 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 99 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Welas is also the 57,267th most frequently occurring first name internationally, borne by 11,056 people.
It is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is borne by 1,495 people, or 1 in 88,461. In Indonesia Welas is mostly concentrated in: East Java, where 44 percent are found, Central Java, where 26 percent are found and West Java, where 18 percent are found. Barring Indonesia this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 0 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Welas
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