Welela Surname
Approximately 15,673 people bear this surname
Welela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 15,615 | 1:6,247 | 985 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Lesotho | 10 | 1:203,256 | 14,332 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Welela (1,429) may also be a first name.
Welela Demographics
Average Welela Salary in
United States
$46,750 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
View the highest/lowest earning families in The United States
Welela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Welela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Welela is carried by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Welela? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 33,873rd most widely held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 464,975 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Welela live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 206,443rd most numerous given name internationally, borne by 1,429 people.
The last name is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 15,615 people, or 1 in 6,247. Beside Ethiopia Welela is found in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 0 percent live and Lesotho, where 0 percent live.
Welela Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Welela surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.
Welela earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 8.35% more than the national average, earning $46,750 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Welela
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis