Welende Surname

434,504th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 791 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Welende Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Welende Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo7521:98,24411,070
Burkina Faso181:1,019,56110,177
Niger181:1,066,22323,213
Senegal21:7,289,6718,117
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Welende (312) may also be a first name.

Welende Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Welende Come From? nationality or country of origin

Welende (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻳﻠﻴﻨﺪ) occurs most in The DR Congo. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Welende? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 434,504th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 9,213,080 people. The surname Welende is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Welende are found; 95 percent are found in Central Africa and 95 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Welende is also the 497,456th most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 312 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 752 people, or 1 in 98,244. Not including The DR Congo this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 2 percent reside and Niger, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wellende9316/
Welnde921/
Walende86118/
Belende86115/
Welinde8638/
Velende864/
Welenda864/
Welendi861/
Welinder80262/
Willende8030/
Velendes8015/
Velendez807/
Wellinde807/
Wellendi801/
Wilendez801/
Walendie801/
Wellendy800/
Wallende800/
Walnde771/
Weilinder751/
Walendy71381/
Bilende7172/
Belinde7155/
Velenda7148/
Welinda7133/
Valende7129/
Walendi7121/
Wilenda7120/
Belendi7113/
Walinde717/
Belendy712/
Wilinde712/
Velinde712/
Velendi712/
Belendé711/
Welindi711/
Velinder6750/
Vallende6735/
Belendyi6722/
Wihlenda677/
Valiende675/
Waluendi674/
Wilindez674/
Velendiz671/
Willinde671/

Welende Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Welende in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻭﻳﻠﻴﻨﺪwylynd33.33
ﻭﻟﻴﻨﺪﻯwlyndy33.33
ﻭﻟﻴﻨﺪwlynd33.33

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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
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  • 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 Welende
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