Weller Surname
Approximately 58,160 people bear this surname
Weller Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the weller,' one who resided by a well, and probably plied the occupation of a Wellman, Waterman, or Waterleader, q. v. (compare Crossweller, Fielder, Crofter, Bridger, &c. Probably the last took toll for crossing the bridge).
Read More About This SurnameWeller Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 23,237 | 1:15,598 | 1,982 |
| Germany | 18,240 | 1:4,414 | 510 |
| England | 7,784 | 1:7,158 | 1,042 |
| Australia | 2,986 | 1:9,041 | 1,341 |
| Canada | 1,578 | 1:23,350 | 3,175 |
| Brazil | 511 | 1:418,932 | 15,910 |
| Israel | 442 | 1:19,361 | 2,880 |
| Netherlands | 394 | 1:42,861 | 7,259 |
| France | 292 | 1:227,475 | 35,284 |
| New Zealand | 290 | 1:15,615 | 2,720 |
| Wales | 247 | 1:12,528 | 1,389 |
| Jamaica | 243 | 1:11,810 | 1,213 |
| Argentina | 224 | 1:190,819 | 15,892 |
| Switzerland | 162 | 1:50,697 | 6,704 |
| Hungary | 157 | 1:62,524 | 6,472 |
| South Africa | 152 | 1:356,432 | 32,570 |
| Thailand | 102 | 1:692,533 | 115,267 |
| Scotland | 101 | 1:53,008 | 4,503 |
| Spain | 99 | 1:472,243 | 24,257 |
| Austria | 78 | 1:109,172 | 15,555 |
| Ireland | 70 | 1:67,271 | 4,288 |
| Singapore | 56 | 1:98,352 | 4,171 |
| Aruba | 55 | 1:1,881 | 275 |
| Denmark | 49 | 1:115,198 | 10,655 |
| Guatemala | 49 | 1:328,218 | 4,622 |
| Dominican Republic | 46 | 1:226,803 | 8,136 |
| United Arab Emirates | 42 | 1:218,149 | 14,475 |
| Northern Ireland | 38 | 1:48,554 | 4,148 |
| Indonesia | 37 | 1:3,574,303 | 189,798 |
| Liberia | 32 | 1:137,767 | 10,163 |
| Sweden | 23 | 1:428,120 | 30,474 |
| Malaysia | 21 | 1:1,404,487 | 59,312 |
| Zimbabwe | 20 | 1:771,912 | 53,776 |
| Belgium | 19 | 1:605,087 | 54,956 |
| Bermuda | 19 | 1:3,436 | 515 |
| Belize | 18 | 1:19,749 | 1,760 |
| Mexico | 18 | 1:6,895,900 | 33,734 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Russia | 15 | 1:9,608,204 | 322,587 |
| Colombia | 13 | 1:3,674,929 | 15,922 |
| Panama | 12 | 1:326,022 | 7,351 |
| Philippines | 12 | 1:8,436,519 | 202,133 |
| Jersey | 12 | 1:8,267 | 1,718 |
| China | 11 | 1:124,301,961 | 6,553 |
| Italy | 10 | 1:6,115,669 | 111,715 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Venezuela | 8 | 1:3,775,510 | 36,567 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| Gibraltar | 6 | 1:5,659 | 991 |
| Chile | 6 | 1:2,936,079 | 35,997 |
| Hong Kong | 5 | 1:1,467,097 | 5,611 |
| Ecuador | 5 | 1:3,181,169 | 27,617 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Croatia | 4 | 1:1,057,151 | 57,892 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 4 | 1:27,594 | 3,273 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1:12,810,064 | 2,073 |
| Vanuatu | 4 | 1:65,819 | 1,151 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| Luxembourg | 3 | 1:193,514 | 7,046 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1:5,916,908 | 2,656 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 15 | 1:295,324 | 11,912 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4,312 | 1:5,653 | 858 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:467,902 | 12,875 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:261,403 | 9,165 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5,427 | 1:9,253 | 1,175 |
Weller (676) may also be a first name.
Weller Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the weller,' one who resided by a well, and probably plied the occupation of a Wellman, Waterman, or Waterleader, q. v. (compare Crossweller, Fielder, Crofter, Bridger, &c. Probably the last took toll for crossing the bridge).
1683. Baptised — Cornelius, s. Thomas Weller: St. James, Clerkenwell.
1756. Married — Christian Weller and Ann Poll: St. George, Hanover Square.
(English) 1 Dweller by a Well or Spring [Middle English welle, Old English w(i)ella + the agential suff. -ere] 2 for Willer, q.v.
(English) One who boils, probably a saltboiler, or one who casts metal; dweller at the spring or well.
(Ang. Saxon.) Wellere, a hollow or gulf. Probably the same as Waller (which see).
The Wellers of Dorking and its neighbourhood possess an old Surrey name. Andrew Weller was a Putney tradesman in the middle of the 17th century; and there were Wellers in the parishes of Horley and Cheam in the middle of last century (M.). Weller, the mayor of Guildford in 1778, had a namesake and probably a relative in his contemporary the rector of Guildford and East Clandon (M.). It may be that the Surrey Wellers are connected with or descended from the members of the old Kentish family of the same name who owned Kingsgate House, Rolvenden, in the reign of Charles I. and for several generations afterwards (Hasted's "Kent"). Probably to the Kentish Wellers belonged the Rev. Samuel Weller, rector of Sandridge, Kent, who after being a pupil at Reading school obtained a scholarship at St. John's College, Oxford, in 1700 (Coates' "Reading"). Tunbridge owned a family of the name last century (Hasted). In our own time the name of Weller is also found in Bucks. Burn, in his account of Henley - on - Thames, mentions a Mr. Hugh le Veller who resided in that town in the reign of Edward III., a circumstance which suggests the grave reflection that the dictum of Mr. Weller, senior, concerning the orthography of his name, was historically correct!.
Weller Demographics
Average Male Weller Height
177.59 cm
Average Female Weller Height
164.22 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Weller Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Weller Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Weller is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Weller? popularity and diffusion
The surname Weller is the 9,713th most frequently occurring surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 125,302 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 48 percent of Weller live; 40 percent live in North America and 40 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 318,733rd most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 676 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 23,237 people, or 1 in 15,598. In The United States Weller is most numerous in: Pennsylvania, where 10 percent reside, California, where 8 percent reside and Maryland, where 6 percent reside. Outside of The United States this last name exists in 91 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 31 percent reside and England, where 13 percent reside.
Weller Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Weller has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Weller last name increased 428 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 181 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 4,117 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 1,263 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 467 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Weller Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Catholic (60%) in Ireland.
In The United States Weller are 18.78% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 65.55% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Weller earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 148.04% more than the national average, earning R 589,440 per year; in Colombia they earn 89.87% more than the national average, earning $43,105,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 6.73% more than the national average, earning $46,055 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.85% more than the national average, earning $52,590 CAD per year.
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Weller Reference & Research
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