Wellay Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Wellay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wellay (34) may also be a first name.
Wellay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wellay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wellay is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wellay? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,772,636th most commonly occurring surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name Wellay is predominantly found in Europe, where 71 percent of Wellay live; 71 percent live in Western Europe and 71 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,775,424th most prevalent first name at a global level It is held by 34 people.
The surname is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 6,708,788. In Germany Wellay is most numerous in: Bremen, where 100 percent are found. Besides Germany this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 12 percent are found and Cameroon, where 6 percent are found.
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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 Wellay
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