Wellfelt Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Wellfelt Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wellfelt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Wellfelt Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wellfelt has its highest incidence in Sweden. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wellfelt? popularity and diffusion

Wellfelt is the 5,587,209th most commonly held family name globally It is held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name Wellfelt occurs mostly in Europe, where 83 percent of Wellfelt reside; 83 percent reside in Northern Europe and 83 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The last name Wellfelt is most widespread in Sweden, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 1,094,084. In Sweden it is primarily concentrated in: Halland County, where 44 percent live, Stockholm County, where 44 percent live and Blekinge County, where 11 percent live. Barring Sweden it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 17 percent live and Norway, where 8 percent live.

Wellfelt Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wellfelt has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wellfelt surname decreased 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Welfelt9384/
Wellfel932/
Woellfel885/
Wielfelt880/
Welfel86330/
Welffeldt822/
Woelfel803,001/
Welfeld8082/
Wuelfel800/
Welfell800/
Woelffel75326/
Willfeld7514/
Woelfell758/
Welfield755/
Wilfeldt754/
Bellfeld753/
Woelfeel751/
Welpfeld751/
Wölfeldt751/
Billfelt750/
Wölfel716,103/
Billfeldt7143/
Velfel718/
Wőlfel714/
Willfield714/
Whelfield711/
Wilfel710/
Wölffel6774/
Belfeld6712/
Bilfelt679/
Wlfl671/
Belfilt670/
Wilffel670/

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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 Wellfelt
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