Where Does The Last Name Welata Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Welata (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻻﺗﻪ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Welata? ^{popularity and diffusion}

Welata is the 2,091,648^th most common last name globally, borne by around 1 in 89,969,703 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Welata reside; 70 percent reside in West Africa and 70 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.

This last name is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is borne by 57 people, or 1 in 71,840. In Mauritania Welata is mostly concentrated in: Assaba Region, where 72 percent reside, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 19 percent reside and Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 7 percent reside. Outside of Mauritania this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 16 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent reside.