Welben Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Philippines

Welben Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Welben Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Welben (209) may also be a first name.

Welben Last Name Facts

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

Welben is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Welben? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 7,117,718th most frequent surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 57 percent of Welben are found; 43 percent are found in South Asia and 43 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 625,736th most frequent given name world-wide, borne by 209 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in India, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 255,688,461. In India Welben is mostly concentrated in: Kerala, where 100 percent reside. Barring India Welben occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 29 percent reside and Brazil, where 14 percent reside.

Welben Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Welben has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Woelben921/
Belben83489/
Wilben838/
Welbin834/
Welbng833/
Welbem830/
Wlbn801/
Wilbuen772/
Wellbin771/
Bellben771/
Wilbien771/
Wilbn731/
Wellbing712/
Belbin671,636/
Bilben671,390/
Wilbin676/
Velbin673/
Velbyn672/
Vilben671/
Wilbem670/
Billben625/
Velbyna624/
Bellbin623/
Velbina622/
Vilbent621/
Wlebing621/
Wilbind621/
Wilbink621/
Wilbinn620/
Vlbn601/
Vlbin551/
Bülbün50198/
Bilbin50123/
Vilbem501/
Vilbin501/

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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 Welben
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