Wellinghausen Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wellinghausen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wellinghausen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany211:3,833,593163,016
United States101:36,245,893832,629
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Wellinghausen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wellinghausen is more commonly found in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wellinghausen? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,485,539th most numerous family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. The last name Wellinghausen occurs mostly in Europe, where 69 percent of Wellinghausen live; 66 percent live in Western Europe and 66 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 3,833,593. In Germany Wellinghausen is primarily concentrated in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 48 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 29 percent live and Bavaria, where 10 percent live. Other than Germany this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 31 percent live and England, where 3 percent live.

Wellinghausen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wellinghausen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wellinghausen surname rose 333 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wellinghausen Last Name Statistics demography

Wellinghausen earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 40.52% less than the national average, earning $25,667 USD per year.

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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
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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 Wellinghausen
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