Weles Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Weles Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 20 | 1:574,832 | 53,219 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 17 | 1:1,433,845 | 49,523 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 81 | 1:619,984 | 41,330 |
The alternate forms: Wéles (1) are calculated separately.
Weles (308) may also be a first name.
Weles Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Weles Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Weles (Oriya: େୱେଲସ୍) occurs more in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant: Wéles. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Weles? popularity and diffusion
The last name Weles is the 2,580,327th most widely held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. The surname Weles is mostly found in Europe, where 41 percent of Weles live; 36 percent live in Western Europe and 36 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Weles is also the 501,377th most commonly held first name in the world, held by 308 people.
Weles is most widely held in Belgium, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 574,832. In Belgium it is primarily concentrated in: Walloon Region, where 100 percent reside. Other than Belgium this last name occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 18 percent reside and Brazil, where 14 percent reside.
Weles Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Weles has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Weles surname declined 98 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Weles Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Weles in the Oriya language | ||
| େୱେଲସ୍ | ewelas | - |
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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 Weles
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