Wellander Surname

844,382nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 325 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Iceland

Wellander Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wellander Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden1531:64,3584,912
United States1421:2,552,528155,105
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Iceland91:42,2322,922
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:2,643,089124,494

Wellander Last Name Facts

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

Wellander is most common in Sweden. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wellander? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wellander is the 844,382nd most frequently occurring family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 22,423,218 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 54 percent of Wellander reside; 50 percent reside in Northern Europe and 50 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The surname Wellander is most numerous in Sweden, where it is carried by 153 people, or 1 in 64,358. In Sweden it is mostly concentrated in: Stockholm County, where 21 percent are found, Skåne County, where 19 percent are found and Västra Götaland County, where 14 percent are found. Barring Sweden this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 44 percent are found and Germany, where 3 percent are found.

Wellander Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wellander has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 747 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wellander Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wellander surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Wellander earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 3.15% less than the national average, earning $41,790 USD per year and in Canada they earn 26.84% less than the national average, earning $36,348 CAD per year.

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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 Wellander
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