Welck Surname

1,082,743rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 228 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Germany

Welck Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Welck Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1471:2,465,707151,024
Germany671:1,201,57478,034
England111:5,065,278148,650
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States521:965,74457,486

Welck (18) may also be a first name.

Welck Last Name Facts

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

The last name Welck is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Welck? popularity and diffusion

The last name Welck is the 1,082,743rd most frequently occurring family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 31,962,921 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 61 percent of Welck live; 61 percent live in North America and 61 percent live in Anglo-North America. Welck is also the 2,608,198th most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 18 people.

The last name Welck is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 147 people, or 1 in 2,465,707. In The United States Welck is mostly found in: Maryland, where 44 percent are found, Minnesota, where 15 percent are found and Tennessee, where 10 percent are found. Beside The United States this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 29 percent are found and England, where 5 percent are found.

Welck Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Welck has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Welck last name grew 283 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Welck Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Welck surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Welck last name are 15.74% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 68.97% registered with the political party.

Welck earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.68% more than the national average, earning $43,444 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Welcke9139/
Woelck9123/
Wellck9121/
Weilck910/
Welk895,428/
Woehlck8319/
Weglick831/
Welke805,382/
Woelk802,384/
Wilck80811/
Wielk80364/
Wölck8067/
Wølck8010/
Weslk804/
Welkh804/
Weulk801/
Wlcke801/
Whelc801/
Welcg801/
Welcs801/
Welkz801/
Wuelk801/
Whelk800/
Wlk75169/
Wilcke732,340/
Wlecke73101/
Weilke7384/
Woehlk7362/
Wöhlck7330/
Welcsh7323/
Wellke7317/
Wehlke7313/
Voelck7313/
Wuelke7312/
Velcke737/
Weglik737/
Welkhe732/
Woehlc731/
Welcth731/
Weslke731/
Wölcke731/
Weelec730/
Weelks730/
Wilk6753,958/
Wölk674,404/
Velk67546/
Velc67181/
Uelk67123/
Wülk67119/
Wöhlcke6767/
Willcke6742/
Wylk6729/
Wølk6713/
Welková678/
Welg672/
Wheelek671/
Welcová671/
Wlek671/
Uelc671/
Wlkk671/
Vlck671/
Vwlc671/
Whlk671/
Welx671/
Wlcq671/
Wlcs671/
Wlct671/
Wlgc671/
Wlhc671/
Wwlc671/
Wlkz671/
Wlkg671/
Wlks670/

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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 Welck
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