Welcome Surname
Approximately 6,466 people bear this surname
Welcome Surname Definition:
Nick 'the welcome.' Middle English wilkome. (2) Local, 'of Wellcombe,' a parish in Devon, five miles from Hartland.
Picotus Wilicom, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Robert de Welcombe, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
Read More About This SurnameWelcome Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,198 | 1:164,904 | 16,745 |
| South Africa | 1,453 | 1:37,287 | 4,779 |
| Guyana | 622 | 1:1,225 | 197 |
| Chad | 481 | 1:28,258 | 3,335 |
| Nigeria | 407 | 1:435,240 | 22,419 |
| Honduras | 357 | 1:24,696 | 906 |
| Cayman Islands | 172 | 1:371 | 59 |
| England | 105 | 1:530,648 | 33,151 |
| Jamaica | 99 | 1:28,989 | 2,181 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 83 | 1:1,357 | 294 |
| Belize | 77 | 1:4,617 | 822 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 56 | 1:24,357 | 2,692 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 49 | 1:1,127 | 212 |
| Iran | 46 | 1:1,669,185 | 63,826 |
| Canada | 32 | 1:1,151,425 | 83,867 |
| India | 30 | 1:25,568,846 | 339,406 |
| Australia | 27 | 1:999,841 | 58,390 |
| Nicaragua | 27 | 1:223,003 | 2,652 |
| New Zealand | 26 | 1:174,166 | 18,836 |
| Uganda | 17 | 1:2,296,428 | 70,019 |
| Colombia | 13 | 1:3,674,929 | 15,922 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 12 | 1:8,264 | 893 |
| Costa Rica | 11 | 1:434,552 | 3,937 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Barbados | 3 | 1:95,816 | 1,797 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Bahamas | 2 | 1:195,876 | 1,708 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Saint Martin | 1 | 1:35,156 | 229 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 35 | 1:696,439 | 33,013 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 425 | 1:118,162 | 11,577 |
Welcome (21,639) may also be a first name.
Welcome Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Nick 'the welcome.' Middle English wilkome. (2) Local, 'of Wellcombe,' a parish in Devon, five miles from Hartland.
Picotus Wilicom, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Robert de Welcombe, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
1584. Thomas Welcom, or Welcombe, Lincolnshire: Register of the University of Oxford.
1600. Married — John Willicome and Jone Lemman: St. Michael, Cornhill.
1631. Thomas Welcome, of Dalton (Furness): Lancashire Wills at Richmond.
(English) 1 a nickname [Middle English welcome, welcume; cp. Old English wilcuma, a welcome guest] Cp. the synonymous French surname Bienvenu.
2 belonging to Welcombe (Devon: 14th cent. Welcombe) = the Well-Valley [Old English w(i)ell(a + cumb: v. under Combe] In a Devonshire charter dated A.D. 739 (‘Cart. Sax.’ no. 1331) we find a wealda cumb mentioned; but this does not refer to the Welcombe nr. Hartland.
(English) One who came from Welcombe (valley with a stream), in Devonshire.
Welcome Demographics
Welcome Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Welcome Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Welcome Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Welcome is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Welcome? popularity and diffusion
Welcome is the 75,865th most commonly used family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,127,056 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 59 percent of Welcome are found; 34 percent are found in North America and 34 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 35,649th most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 21,639 people.
The surname Welcome is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 2,198 people, or 1 in 164,904. In The United States it is primarily found in: New York, where 14 percent are found, Florida, where 12 percent are found and California, where 8 percent are found. Beside The United States this last name is found in 60 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 22 percent are found and Guyana, where 10 percent are found.
Welcome Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Welcome has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 517 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Welcome Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Welcome surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Welcome last name are 12.8% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 66.03% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Welcome earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 4.2% less than the national average, earning R 227,664 per year; in Colombia they earn 1.55% less than the national average, earning $22,350,100 COP per year; in United States they earn 2.11% more than the national average, earning $44,058 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.37% less than the national average, earning $46,518 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellcome | 93 | 290 | / |
| Welcomme | 93 | 120 | / |
| Welcomer | 93 | 58 | / |
| Welcomez | 93 | 8 | / |
| Welcom | 92 | 98 | / |
| Wlcome | 92 | 2 | / |
| Welcomets | 88 | 12 | / |
| Wilcome | 86 | 95 | / |
| Belcome | 86 | 6 | / |
| Wellcom | 86 | 3 | / |
| Welkome | 86 | 3 | / |
| Welcomi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Welcame | 86 | 1 | / |
| Velcome | 86 | 0 | / |
| Weilcom | 86 | 0 | / |
| Uelcome | 86 | 0 | / |
| Wilcomes | 80 | 59 | / |
| Willcome | 80 | 47 | / |
| Welkomer | 80 | 8 | / |
| Wilcomer | 80 | 2 | / |
| Belcomey | 80 | 2 | / |
| Belcomme | 80 | 1 | / |
| Welkom | 77 | 1,536 | / |
| Wilcom | 77 | 137 | / |
| Welcam | 77 | 6 | / |
| Belcom | 77 | 5 | / |
| Velcom | 77 | 1 | / |
| Willcom | 71 | 22 | / |
| Bellcom | 71 | 6 | / |
| Wellcam | 71 | 2 | / |
| Welkeme | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wilckom | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wilcame | 71 | 1 | / |
| Welkomi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wellkom | 71 | 0 | / |
| Wilkomer | 67 | 13 | / |
| Willcoma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Welkouma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Willcomm | 67 | 0 | / |
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