Welbury Surname

2,530,696th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 58 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Scotland

Welbury Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Welbury Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England501:1,114,36153,243
Scotland61:892,30328,047
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England251:975,01539,671

Welbury Last Name Facts

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

The surname Welbury is found most in England. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Welbury click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Welbury? popularity and diffusion

The last name Welbury is the 2,530,696th most frequently used last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of Welbury live; 97 percent live in Northern Europe and 97 percent live in British Isles.

This last name is most commonly held in England, where it is held by 50 people, or 1 in 1,114,361. In England it is primarily found in: Hertfordshire, where 22 percent live, Tyne and Wear, where 22 percent live and Derbyshire, where 14 percent live. Aside from England Welbury exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Scotland, where 10 percent live and India, where 2 percent live.

Welbury Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Welbury has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Welbury surname rose 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wellbury930/
Wilbury8619/
Bellbury8025/
Wilboury800/
Willbury800/
Whillbury751/
Bilbury7125/
Velburi7118/
Wilbure712/
Wilbura711/
Belbouri67362/
Billbury6729/
Willburi671/
Wilboure671/
Willbura670/
Wlbora621/
Wilbore5737/

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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
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  • 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 Welbury
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