Welkes Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Welkes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Welkes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States391:9,293,819392,288
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States291:1,731,67989,620

Welkes (33) may also be a first name.

Welkes Last Name Facts

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

The last name Welkes is most common in The United States. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Welkes? popularity and diffusion

Welkes is the 3,055,934th most commonly held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Welkes live; 98 percent live in North America and 95 percent live in Anglo-North America. Welkes is also the 1,807,719th most commonly held first name globally It is held by 33 people.

Welkes is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 9,293,819. In The United States it is most frequent in: New York, where 31 percent live, New Hampshire, where 23 percent live and Florida, where 18 percent live. Other than The United States it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 2 percent live and South Africa, where 2 percent live.

Welkes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Welkes has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Welkes surname expanded 134 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Welkes Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Welkes last name are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 66.67% being registered with the political party.

Welkes earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 26.76% more than the national average, earning $54,694 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Weilkes9230/
Weelkes921/
Welkies920/
Wlkes912/
Weilekes868/
Wilkes8346,465/
Welkis83279/
Velkes8329/
Uelkes835/
Welkys831/
Wllkes831/
Wylkes831/
Welches77231/
Willkes7712/
Wilkies776/
Wilckes774/
Wilkeus773/
Wilkess772/
Wilkeis772/
Wailkes771/
Beelkes771/
Velkesh771/
Welques771/
Whilkes770/
Welkish770/
Wilkeys770/
Voelkes770/
Wilkets770/
Blkes731/
Welkisch7170/
Welchesz712/
Belkheis711/
Wlkeeshh711/
Wuelches711/
Willkeys710/
Wilkis67127/
Wellkisch6752/
Velkis6726/
Wilkys6713/
Velces674/
Walkys672/
Belqes672/
Wilces672/
Wilkez671/
Velkys671/
Vilkes671/
Wlches671/
Wilkex671/
Wilkesová671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Welkes
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