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Where Does The Last Name Welds Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Welds is found in Jamaica more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Welds.

How Common Is The Last Name Welds? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 642,991^st most commonly occurring surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 15,439,716 people. Welds is primarily found in The Americas, where 91 percent of Welds live; 74 percent live in Caribbean and 74 percent live in Anglo-Caribbean. Welds is also the 1,807,719^th most frequently used forename internationally, held by 33 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Jamaica, where it is borne by 202 people, or 1 in 14,208. In Jamaica Welds is primarily found in: Cornwall County, where 49 percent live, Middlesex County, where 29 percent live and Surrey County, where 22 percent live. Aside from Jamaica this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in The Cayman Islands, where 31 percent live and The United States, where 14 percent live.

Welds Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Welds has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Welds surname expanded 149 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 4,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Welds Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those holding the Welds surname are 26.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 80% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Welds earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 3.69% more than the national average, earning $44,740 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.23% less than the national average, earning $46,587 CAD per year.