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 Male Welke Height
177 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Welke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Welke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Welke (Marathi: वेलके) is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Welke? popularity and diffusion
The surname Welke is the 89,173rd most commonly used family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,354,059 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 55 percent of Welke reside; 46 percent reside in Western Europe and 46 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 956,749th most frequently used given name at a global level. It is borne by 98 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 2,463 people, or 1 in 32,686. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 27 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 14 percent are found and Brandenburg, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Germany this surname exists in 31 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 27 percent are found and Brazil, where 8 percent are found.
Welke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Welke has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 812 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Welke Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Welke are 2.02% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 51.21% being registered to vote for the political 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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