Wellans Surname

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

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Wellans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wellans Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:18,572,686338,250
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Wellans Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wellans is more commonly found in England than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wellans? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wellans is the 8,193,072nd most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Wellans occurs mostly in Europe, where 60 percent of Wellans reside; 60 percent reside in Northern Europe and 60 percent reside in British Isles.

Wellans is most frequently used in England, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 18,572,686. In England Wellans is primarily found in: Northamptonshire, where 33 percent are found, Greater Manchester, where 33 percent are found and West Yorkshire, where 33 percent are found. Other than England it is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 40 percent are found.

Wellans Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wellans has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Wellans last name declined 62 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 71 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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
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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 Wellans
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