Welison Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Welison Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Welison Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia121:2,457,85295,442
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Welison (4,672) may also be a first name.

Welison Last Name Facts

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

The last name Welison is found most in Malaysia. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Welison.

How Common Is The Last Name Welison? popularity and diffusion

The last name Welison is the 4,532,898th most commonly used family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 63 percent of Welison are found; 63 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 63 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 100,278th most frequently held first name globally, held by 4,672 people.

Welison is most commonly occurring in Malaysia, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 2,457,852. In Malaysia Welison is primarily concentrated in: Sabah, where 58 percent are found, Sarawak, where 17 percent are found and Johor, where 8 percent are found. Barring Malaysia it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 26 percent are found and Nigeria, where 5 percent are found.

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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 Welison
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