Wellicome Surname

2,034,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 85 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Wellicome Surname Definition:

Nick 'the welcome.' Middle English wilkome. (2) Local, 'of Wellcombe,' a parish in Devon, five miles from Hartland.

Picotus Wilicom, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Robert de Welcombe, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

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Wellicome Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England411:1,358,97760,528
Canada311:1,188,56786,017
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England191:1,282,91446,315

Wellicome Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Nick 'the welcome.' Middle English wilkome. (2) Local, 'of Wellcombe,' a parish in Devon, five miles from Hartland.

Picotus Wilicom, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Robert de Welcombe, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

1584. Thomas Welcom, or Welcombe, Lincolnshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

1600. Married — John Willicome and Jone Lemman: St. Michael, Cornhill.

1631. Thomas Welcome, of Dalton (Furness): Lancashire Wills at Richmond.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) 1 Dweller at the Willow- Valley [Old English welig, a willow + cumb (Celtic), a valley] 2 for Welcome, qv.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Wellicome Last Name Facts

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

Wellicome is borne by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wellicome? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wellicome is the 2,034,059th most prevalent last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 85,735,834 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 54 percent of Wellicome reside; 52 percent reside in Northern Europe and 52 percent reside in British Isles.

It is most frequently used in England, where it is borne by 41 people, or 1 in 1,358,977. In England Wellicome is most frequent in: Northamptonshire, where 24 percent live, Warwickshire, where 22 percent live and Leicestershire, where 15 percent live. Other than England it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 36 percent live and Australia, where 8 percent live.

Wellicome Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wellicome has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Wellicome last name rose 216 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wellicome Last Name Statistics demography

Wellicome earn somewhat less than the average income. In Canada they earn 5.47% less than the national average, earning $46,963 CAD per year.

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