Welkon Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Nicaragua

Welkon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Welkon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Welkon Last Name Facts

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

Welkon is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Welkon click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Welkon? popularity and diffusion

The surname Welkon is the 8,193,072nd most frequently used surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 80 percent of Welkon are found; 60 percent are found in North America and 60 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States Welkon is most numerous in: California, where 67 percent live and Pennsylvania, where 33 percent live. Barring The United States this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Nicaragua, where 20 percent live and Russia, where 20 percent live.

Welkon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Welkon has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Welkon surname fell 25 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wilkon8395/
Welcon835/
Velkon831/
Welkan831/
Weelekoon801/
Wilkonn7710/
Wilkomn776/
Willkon775/
Wilkong771/
Welcone771/
Whelcon771/
Wellkom770/
Blkon731/
Wlehkoon712/
Willkomn711/
Belcon67324/
Wilkoń67162/
Welcom6798/
Wilcon6745/
Wilkan679/
Velkan673/
Vilkon672/
Wilkun671/
Velcon671/
Vellkogne671/
Welcan671/
Vlkojn671/

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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 Welkon
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