Wellans Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Wellans Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Wellans Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wellans Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wellans is found in England more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wellans? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wellans is the 8,193,072nd most commonly used last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 60 percent of Wellans are found; 60 percent are found in Northern Europe and 60 percent are found in British Isles.
The last name Wellans is most frequently occurring in England, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 18,572,686. In England Wellans is mostly concentrated in: Northamptonshire, where 33 percent are found, Greater Manchester, where 33 percent are found and West Yorkshire, where 33 percent are found. Apart from England Wellans occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 40 percent are found.
Wellans Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wellans has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Wellans last name fell 62 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 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
- 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 Wellans
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