Welle Surname
Approximately 8,887 people bear this surname
Welle Surname Definition:
(Eng). Dweller at, or near, the spring or stream; one who came from Well (spring or stream), the name of several places in England.
Read More About This SurnameWelle Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,096 | 1:172,929 | 17,424 |
| Germany | 1,998 | 1:40,293 | 5,319 |
| Senegal | 1,845 | 1:7,902 | 337 |
| Togo | 735 | 1:9,861 | 2,446 |
| Mali | 387 | 1:43,848 | 1,206 |
| Nigeria | 369 | 1:480,062 | 24,144 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Netherlands | 254 | 1:66,485 | 11,373 |
| Norway | 246 | 1:20,904 | 2,691 |
| Denmark | 82 | 1:68,838 | 6,869 |
| Belgium | 69 | 1:166,618 | 22,787 |
| Indonesia | 59 | 1:2,241,512 | 136,522 |
| France | 51 | 1:1,302,406 | 132,002 |
| Benin | 47 | 1:219,906 | 20,230 |
| Switzerland | 36 | 1:228,137 | 19,301 |
| Ivory Coast | 32 | 1:720,976 | 19,991 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Austria | 28 | 1:304,123 | 34,120 |
| Burkina Faso | 28 | 1:655,432 | 8,018 |
| Cameroon | 20 | 1:1,038,453 | 65,513 |
| Mauritania | 18 | 1:227,492 | 10,961 |
| Brazil | 17 | 1:12,592,608 | 246,358 |
| Venezuela | 15 | 1:2,013,605 | 24,362 |
| Hungary | 15 | 1:654,418 | 37,235 |
| Canada | 14 | 1:2,631,828 | 153,264 |
| Guinea | 9 | 1:1,314,869 | 1,461 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 6 | 1:9,097 | 939 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 113 | 1:444,413 | 32,195 |
The alternate forms: Wellé (34) & Wèllè (1) are calculated separately.
Welle (524) may also be a first name.
Welle Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Eng). Dweller at, or near, the spring or stream; one who came from Well (spring or stream), the name of several places in England.
User-submitted Reference
A Spanish surname that refers to a person who lived near marshy ground. It was found in Southern Italy in the 6th century. Other old records of Vella: Netherlands 1734, Westfallen 1688, and Germany 1576.
- mikeydinoWelle means 'valley' or 'space between waves'.
- cwelletooWelle Demographics
Welle Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Welle Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Welle Come From? nationality or country of origin
Welle (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻟﻰ) is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Wellé or Wèllè. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Welle? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 57,001st most common family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 820,023 people. The surname Welle occurs mostly in Africa, where 43 percent of Welle reside; 42 percent reside in West Africa and 26 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 368,711th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, held by 524 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 2,096 people, or 1 in 172,929. In The United States Welle is most frequent in: Minnesota, where 47 percent are found, Colorado, where 5 percent are found and California, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States it is found in 62 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 22 percent are found and Senegal, where 21 percent are found.
Welle Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Welle has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 1,855 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 62 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Welle Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Welle surname is principally Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Welle surname are 14.3% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 67.53% being registered with the 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.
Phonetically Similar Names
Welle Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Welle in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﻟﻰ | wly | 50 |
| ﻭﻟﻲ | wly | 35.71 |
| ﻭﻳﻠﻪ | wylh | 14.29 |
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