Welke Surname
Approximately 5,382 people bear this surname
Welke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2,463 | 1:32,686 | 4,305 |
| United States | 1,477 | 1:245,402 | 23,385 |
| Brazil | 435 | 1:492,125 | 18,578 |
| Poland | 367 | 1:103,566 | 15,743 |
| Australia | 226 | 1:119,450 | 13,170 |
| Canada | 215 | 1:171,375 | 17,189 |
| Argentina | 43 | 1:994,033 | 62,207 |
| Italy | 21 | 1:2,912,223 | 98,106 |
| Sweden | 20 | 1:492,338 | 35,486 |
| India | 19 | 1:40,371,862 | 445,856 |
| Wales | 16 | 1:193,408 | 12,484 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| South Africa | 13 | 1:4,167,516 | 132,322 |
| Austria | 12 | 1:709,620 | 61,025 |
| Finland | 8 | 1:687,088 | 36,047 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 182 | 1:275,927 | 22,362 |
Welke (98) may also be a first name.
Welke Demographics
Average Welke Salary in
United States
$45,646 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Welke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Welke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Welke (Marathi: वेलके) occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Welke? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 89,173rd most commonly used family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,354,059 people. The last name Welke is predominantly found in Europe, where 55 percent of Welke live; 46 percent live in Western Europe and 46 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 956,749th most frequently held first name on earth, borne by 98 people.
The surname Welke is most widespread in Germany, where it is held by 2,463 people, or 1 in 32,686. In Germany Welke is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 27 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 14 percent are found and Brandenburg, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Germany Welke exists in 31 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 27 percent are found and Brazil, where 8 percent are found.
Welke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Welke has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Welke surname increased 812 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Welke Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Welke last name are 2.02% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 51.21% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Welke earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 263.35% more than the national average, earning R 863,448 per year; in United States they earn 5.79% more than the national average, earning $45,646 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.2% more than the national average, earning $50,774 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Welke Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Welke in the Marathi language | ||
| वेलके | velake | 87.5 |
| बेळके | belake | 12.5 |
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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 Welke
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