Welborn Surname

48,522nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,625 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Welborn Surname Definition:

(English) belonging to Welborne (Norf.), Welbourne (Lincs), Welburn (N. Yorks2); or Dweller at the Well or Spring Brook [Old English w(i)ell(a + burna] The Yorkshire villages occur as Welle- brune in Domesday-Book. The Lincolnshire place was Welleburn in the 13th cent.

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Welborn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States10,1811:35,6024,446
England2791:199,70617,470
Netherlands341:496,68247,398
Uganda311:1,259,33249,678
Philippines261:3,893,778155,597
New Zealand181:251,57423,165
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
Australia121:2,249,64297,973
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Malta11:430,2723,380
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1621:150,46513,283
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,0281:48,8515,565

Welborn (686) may also be a first name.

Welborn Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) belonging to Welborne (Norf.), Welbourne (Lincs), Welburn (N. Yorks2); or Dweller at the Well or Spring Brook [Old English w(i)ell(a + burna] The Yorkshire villages occur as Welle- brune in Domesday-Book. The Lincolnshire place was Welleburn in the 13th cent.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A parish in Norfolk-Welborne.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Lincolnshire, Norfolk Or from the German, Wilborn; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Welborn Last Name Facts

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

The surname Welborn is found most frequently in The United States. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Welborn? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 48,522nd most commonly held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 685,887 people. The surname Welborn is mostly found in The Americas, where 96 percent of Welborn are found; 96 percent are found in North America and 96 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 315,870th most frequent first name on earth, held by 686 people.

The last name is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 10,181 people, or 1 in 35,602. In The United States Welborn is most common in: Texas, where 15 percent are found, North Carolina, where 14 percent are found and Georgia, where 9 percent are found. Beside The United States this surname is found in 29 countries. It is also found in England, where 3 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 0 percent are found.

Welborn Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Welborn has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Welborn last name grew 990 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 172 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Welborn Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Welborn last name are 25.04% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 71.81% being registered to vote for the political party.

Welborn earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.56% less than the national average, earning $41,614 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wellborn933,006/
Welbourn931,561/
Welboren93284/
Welborne93269/
Wlborn921/
Welbourne881,568/
Whelbourn8886/
Wellborne8853/
Wellbourn8851/
Whellborn881/
Wheelborn880/
Wilborn866,427/
Welburn862,575/
Welbern8639/
Velborn863/
Wleborn861/
Wellbourne8236/
Whelbourne8233/
Welbourhne824/
Wilbourn803,159/
Willborn80569/
Wellburn80389/
Wilborne80386/
Woelbern8023/
Wihlborn8010/
Bellborn807/
Wlbourne802/
Wilbuorn802/
Belbourn801/
Welbarne801/
Wellvorn801/
Wuelbern801/
Welburne800/
Welbarnn800/
Welbaurn800/
Wilbourne751,027/
Willbourn75129/
Willborne752/
Wilbouren751/
Wilboorne750/
Wellburne750/
Wilburn7120,269/
Wilbern71274/
Willbourne71134/
Wülbern7195/
Wölbern7180/
Vilborn7113/
Wilbarn716/
Wllburn711/
Velburn711/
Willburn67393/
Wilburne67100/
Willbern6792/
Billborn6731/
Vilbourn671/
Wilburnq671/
Willbarn670/
Wilburin670/
Wilbaurn670/
Vilborne670/

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Welborn Reference & Research

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