Welliams Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Welliams Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 20 | 1:2,510,934 | 119,518 |
Welliams (23) may also be a first name.
Welliams Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Welliams Come From? nationality or country of origin
Welliams occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Welliams? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,908,606th most common family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 56 percent of Welliams are found; 50 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Welliams is also the 2,239,265th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, borne by 23 people.
The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 25 percent live, Adamawa, where 13 percent live and Enugu, where 13 percent live. Beside Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 19 percent live and The United States, where 19 percent live.
Welliams Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Welliams has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Welliams surname contracted 85 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Welliams
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