Welfert Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Welfert Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Welfert Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France121:5,535,227269,324
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Welfert Last Name Facts

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

The last name Welfert is more commonly found in France than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Welfert? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,772,636th most widespread family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname Welfert is primarily found in Europe, where 76 percent of Welfert reside; 76 percent reside in Western Europe and 71 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

This last name is most prevalent in France, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 5,535,227. In France Welfert is most prevalent in: Grand Est, where 83 percent live, Brittany, where 8 percent live and Pays de la Loire, where 8 percent live. Outside of France it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 18 percent live and Germany, where 6 percent live.

Welfert Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Welfert has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Welfert surname declined 73 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Woelfert93103/
Wuelfert9315/
Wielfaert88247/
Wilfert862,181/
Wölfert86354/
Wülfert86136/
Velfert8632/
Belfert8617/
Welfort862/
Welferd861/
Welfart860/
Wilferth80321/
Wilffert8042/
Willfert8027/
Wülferth8023/
Wellfort8014/
Wilfehrt8013/
Wöllfert806/
Wilfaert801/
Wuilfert801/
Wehlfort801/
Wilfiert800/
Wielfahrt751/
Wellfarth750/
Willferth750/
Welford713,581/
Wilfart71478/
Wilfort71205/
Wilferd71166/
Welfred71111/
Vilfert7119/
Wilfret7117/
Wilfertová718/
Belferd715/
Welfard711/
Bilfert710/
Wellford67336/
Wilfahrt67252/
Wilfarth6754/
Wilfeard6749/
Willfort6747/
Vielfort6737/
Wellfred674/
Willferd674/
Wilfarht674/
Willfart673/
Wilforth672/
Wilfreth672/
Wilfordt672/
Wülfarth671/
Welfford671/
Wilffret671/
Wllfarth671/

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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 Welfert
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