Welesh Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Welesh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 18 | 1:2,789,927 | 129,797 |
Welesh (17) may also be a first name.
Welesh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Welesh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Welesh occurs most in Ethiopia. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Welesh? popularity and diffusion
The surname Welesh is the 5,812,366th most common surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Welesh live; 82 percent live in East Africa and 82 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequently occurring given name world-wide. It is borne by 17 people.
Welesh is most numerous in Ethiopia, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 10,838,474. Outside of Ethiopia this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 9 percent live and The United States, where 9 percent live.
Welesh Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Welesh has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 94 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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
- 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 Welesh
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