Wellars Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Rwanda
Highest density in:
Rwanda

Wellars Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wellars Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Rwanda251:454,5991,711
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Wellars (11,634) may also be a first name.

Wellars Last Name Facts

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

Wellars is carried by more people in Rwanda than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wellars? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wellars is the 3,602,217th most numerous last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. The surname Wellars is predominantly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Wellars are found; 87 percent are found in East Africa and 87 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Wellars is also the 55,334th most commonly occurring forename throughout the world, borne by 11,634 people.

The surname Wellars is most commonly held in Rwanda, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 454,599. Aside from Rwanda Wellars occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Burundi, where 3 percent live and Canada, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Welars921/
Willars86883/
Bellars86302/
Wellers86156/
Vellars861/
Whelars860/
Bellairs80841/
Bellears8042/
Wisllars8011/
Williars802/
Bellaars801/
Belliars801/
Wheelars800/
Vllars771/
Willers717,115/
Villars713,236/
Billars7147/
Vellers7126/
Wylaars7125/
Wållers717/
Wuellhorst711/
Wijlaars67238/
Vuellers677/
Willarch675/
Villarse674/
Blars672/
Villiars672/
Villairs671/
Bellorrs670/
Billarsh670/
Wilhears670/
Willgors670/

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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 Wellars
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