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Where Does The Last Name Welle Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Welle (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻟﻰ) is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as: Wellé or Wèllè. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Welle? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name is the 57,001^st most numerous surname on earth, held by around 1 in 820,023 people. The last name Welle occurs mostly in Africa, where 43 percent of Welle are found; 42 percent are found in West Africa and 26 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Welle is also the 368,711^th most frequently held first name globally, held by 524 people.

The surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 2,096 people, or 1 in 172,929. In The United States it is most frequent in: Minnesota, where 47 percent are found, Colorado, where 5 percent are found and California, where 5 percent are found. Other than The United States Welle exists in 62 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 22 percent are found and Senegal, where 21 percent are found.

Welle Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Welle has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 1,855 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 62 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Welle Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those holding the Welle surname are 14.3% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 67.53% registered with the political party.

The amount Welle earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 0.77% less than the national average, earning 343,421 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 386.73% more than the national average, earning R 1,156,660 per year; in United States they earn 4.78% more than the national average, earning $45,212 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.41% less than the national average, earning $47,988 CAD per year.