Welgemoed Surname
Approximately 2,853 people bear this surname
Welgemoed Surname Definition:
“In Good Spirits” in Dutch. (“Wohlgemut” in German.)
Welgemoed Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2,726 | 1:19,874 | 2,509 |
| England | 44 | 1:1,266,320 | 57,817 |
| Australia | 38 | 1:710,413 | 47,396 |
| Netherlands | 20 | 1:844,359 | 60,801 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Welgemoed Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
“In Good Spirits” in Dutch. (“Wohlgemut” in German.)
Welgemoed Demographics
Average Welgemoed Salary in
South Africa
R 430,188
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Welgemoed Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Welgemoed Come From? nationality or country of origin
Welgemoed is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Welgemoed? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 153,970th most common family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 2,554,345 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Welgemoed are found; 96 percent are found in Southern Africa and 96 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Welgemoed is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 2,726 people, or 1 in 19,874. In South Africa Welgemoed is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 35 percent live, Eastern Cape, where 16 percent live and Western Cape, where 14 percent live. Other than South Africa this last name exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.
Welgemoed Last Name Statistics demography
Welgemoed earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 81.03% more than the national average, earning R 430,188 per year.
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Footnotes
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