Wellende Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Burkina Faso
Highest density in:
Burkina Faso

Wellende Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wellende Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Burkina Faso141:1,310,86411,575
Niger21:9,596,00886,358

Wellende (15) may also be a first name.

Wellende Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wellende is held by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wellende? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,908,606th most widespread family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Wellende occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wellende reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most widespread first name at a global level, borne by 15 people.

Wellende is most frequent in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 1,310,864. In Burkina Faso Wellende is most numerous in: Centre-Est Region, where 86 percent reside, Centre Region, where 7 percent reside and Est Region, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Burkina Faso it exists in one country. It is also found in Niger, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Welende93791/
Willende8830/
Wellinde887/
Wellendi881/
Wellendy880/
Welnde861/
Welinde8038/
Welendi801/
Vellendi751/
Villende751/
Willinde751/
Blende7163/
Willinder7110/
Ouellinde711/
Bellendij711/
Blendea671,265/
Blendei6727/
Wilinde672/
Blendey671/
Welindi671/
Wålinder6362/
Willinda638/
Vellinda632/
Villenda631/
Vellindi631/
Wlnda622/
Blnde621/
Villinder5916/
Blinde57348/
Vlinde57202/
Blendy5729/
Blendi5716/
Vlendy578/
Blndeh571/
Vlinder539/
Blyndei536/
Blindea535/
Blendyi531/
Blindey530/
Wailindi502/

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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 Wellende
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