Welcome Surname

75,865th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,466 people bear this surname

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

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.

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Welcome Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,1981:164,90416,745
South Africa1,4531:37,2874,779
Guyana6221:1,225197
Chad4811:28,2583,335
Nigeria4071:435,24022,419
Honduras3571:24,696906
Cayman Islands1721:37159
England1051:530,64833,151
Jamaica991:28,9892,181
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines831:1,357294
Belize771:4,617822
Trinidad and Tobago561:24,3572,692
Saint Kitts and Nevis491:1,127212
Iran461:1,669,18563,826
Canada321:1,151,42583,867
India301:25,568,846339,406
Australia271:999,84158,390
Nicaragua271:223,0032,652
New Zealand261:174,16618,836
Uganda171:2,296,42870,019
Colombia131:3,674,92915,922
Antigua and Barbuda121:8,264893
Costa Rica111:434,5523,937
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
China41:341,830,39216,990
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
France31:22,140,907385,998
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Barbados31:95,8161,797
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Bahamas21:195,8761,708
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Saint Martin11:35,156229
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England351:696,43933,013
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4251:118,16211,577

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.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(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.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Welcombe (valley with a stream), in Devonshire.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wellcome93290/
Welcomme93120/
Welcomer9358/
Welcomez938/
Welcom9298/
Wlcome922/
Welcomets8812/
Wilcome8695/
Belcome866/
Wellcom863/
Welkome863/
Welcomi861/
Welcame861/
Velcome860/
Weilcom860/
Uelcome860/
Wilcomes8059/
Willcome8047/
Welkomer808/
Wilcomer802/
Belcomey802/
Belcomme801/
Welkom771,536/
Wilcom77137/
Welcam776/
Belcom775/
Velcom771/
Willcom7122/
Bellcom716/
Wellcam712/
Welkeme711/
Wilckom711/
Wilcame711/
Welkomi711/
Wellkom710/
Wilkomer6713/
Willcoma671/
Welkouma671/
Willcomm670/

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