Welleh Surname
Approximately 609 people bear this surname
Welleh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 580 | 1:7,601 | 887 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Welleh (258) may also be a first name.
Welleh Demographics
Average Welleh Salary in
United States
$38,958 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
View the highest/lowest earning families in The United States
Welleh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Welleh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Welleh is found most in Liberia. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Welleh? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 530,954th most common family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 11,966,414 people. The last name Welleh is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Welleh live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 554,411th most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 258 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Liberia, where it is borne by 580 people, or 1 in 7,601. In Liberia it is most frequent in: River Gee County, where 32 percent reside, Montserrado County, where 21 percent reside and Grand Kru County, where 17 percent reside. Excluding Liberia this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 2 percent reside and Cameroon, where 2 percent reside.
Welleh Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Welleh has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Welleh surname increased 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Welleh Last Name Statistics demography
Welleh earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.71% less than the national average, earning $38,958 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Welleh
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis