Welcke Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Welcke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 38 | 1:2,118,565 | 113,742 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Welcke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Welcke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Welcke occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Welcke? popularity and diffusion
The last name Welcke is the 3,141,416th most commonly held last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Welcke live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most common in Germany, where it is held by 38 people, or 1 in 2,118,565. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Saxony, where 47 percent are found, Hesse, where 29 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 21 percent are found. Besides Germany Welcke exists in one country. It is also found in Brazil, where 3 percent are found.
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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
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