Welgen Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Welgen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Welgen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany251:3,220,218147,383
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Welgen (125) may also be a first name.

Welgen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Welgen is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Welgen? popularity and diffusion

The surname Welgen is the 3,730,171st most frequently held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name Welgen occurs predominantly in Europe, where 89 percent of Welgen are found; 89 percent are found in Western Europe and 89 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 832,731st most frequent first name in the world It is held by 125 people.

The last name is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 3,220,218. In Germany Welgen is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 72 percent live, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 20 percent live and Berlin, where 4 percent live. Apart from Germany Welgen occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 7 percent live and South Africa, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Weltgen9263/
Weldgen9244/
Wellgen920/
Welgien920/
Belgen83367/
Welzen83366/
Wilgen83219/
Welsen8333/
Uelgen834/
Welgin831/
Wlgn802/
Wellingen800/
Wiltgen771,537/
Welchen77450/
Wielzen77388/
Wildgen77296/
Welzien77188/
Weltjen7754/
Wielsen7710/
Welsien779/
Welseen777/
Welshen774/
Weilsen773/
Wöltgen772/
Velghen772/
Willgen772/
Welesen771/
Beldgen770/
Welsn731/
Wlsen730/
Welschen71807/
Wellesen7199/
Wålengen7113/
Beltgenn711/
Willtgen710/
Bilgen6711,980/
Belgin67849/
Velzen67611/
Wilsen67276/
Bölgen67242/
Velsen67159/
Belsen67106/
Welzin6791/
Vilgen6760/
Velgin6749/
Wlezen6741/
Uelzen6737/
Bølgen6736/
Wellessen6732/
Belzen6726/
Welzyn6721/
Wilzen6719/
Belcen6719/
Welsin677/
Wylsen672/
Belgün672/
Wilgne671/
Wiljen671/
Wilcen671/
Welsem671/
Bülgen671/
Wellsn671/
Welcin670/

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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 Welgen
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