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
Welesh is borne by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Welesh? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,812,366th most numerous surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Welesh reside; 82 percent reside in East Africa and 82 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequently held first name globally, borne by 17 people.
This surname is most widespread in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 10,838,474. Barring Ethiopia it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 9 percent reside and The United States, where 9 percent reside.
Welesh Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Welesh has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Welesh surname 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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