Wellf Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Wellf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wellf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Wellf Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wellf occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Wellf click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wellf? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,649,889th most common surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 89 percent of Wellf reside; 89 percent reside in North America and 89 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

It is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 25,889,924. In The United States it is most numerous in: Indiana, where 14 percent live, Washington, where 14 percent live and California, where 7 percent live. Not including The United States this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 11 percent live and Indonesia, where 11 percent live.

Wellf Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wellf has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wellf surname grew 233 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wellf Last Name Statistics demography

Wellf earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 23.17% less than the national average, earning $33,153 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Welf8983/
Welff80121/
Welfe808/
Woelf808/
Welfh803/
Wielf801/
Wellw801/
Willf801/
Weelf800/
Welfz800/
Bellf800/
Wlf754/
Welløv735/
Welfch732/
Woelff730/
Wilf67572/
Belf67446/
Velf6712/
Uelf679/
Wölf676/
Welw675/
Wlfh675/
Wlfp673/
Wülf673/
Wlfe671/
Wlfz671/
Vwlf671/
Wlff671/
Wlfs671/
Bllf671/

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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
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  • 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 Wellf
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