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 found most frequently in Indonesia. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Welas? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 260,043rd most frequently used surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 4,822,995 people. Welas is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Welas live; 99 percent live in Southeast Asia and 99 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 57,267th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 11,056 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is held by 1,495 people, or 1 in 88,461. In Indonesia Welas is primarily concentrated in: East Java, where 44 percent reside, Central Java, where 26 percent reside and West Java, where 18 percent reside. Without taking into account Indonesia this surname exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 0 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent reside.
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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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