Wellink Surname

638,206th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 477 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Wellink Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wellink Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands4381:38,5556,519
Germany181:4,472,526177,866
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Wellink Last Name Facts

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

Wellink occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Wellink.

How Common Is The Last Name Wellink? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 638,206th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 15,277,874 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Wellink live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 438 people, or 1 in 38,555. In The Netherlands Wellink is most frequent in: Gelderland, where 49 percent live, North Holland, where 17 percent live and South Holland, where 13 percent live. Other than The Netherlands this surname is found in 12 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 4 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.

Wellink Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wellink has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wellink surname decreased 71 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wellingk9311/
Welink92363/
Welling8612,163/
Willink86626/
Weelink86260/
Wellinková821/
Bellinck80141/
Wuelling80122/
Weelinck8045/
Wyllinck8041/
Willinck809/
Whelling807/
Wielling805/
Weslling801/
Voellink801/
Wellling801/
Welincke800/
Weling77363/
Wilink7710/
Wlling777/
Wellng771/
Wlnk731/
Willing717,126/
Belling713,823/
Velling711,251/
Weiling71329/
Weeling71112/
Wölling7163/
Völlink7155/
Wegling7151/
Wealing7138/
Weyling7135/
Wellenc7122/
Wülling7115/
Uelling7114/
Wheling717/
Welleng715/
Welieng712/
Wellyng711/
Bellynk711/
Villink710/
Wheeling671,269/
Bellynck67330/
Weijling6794/
Whealing6761/
Vlink6741/
Willynck6738/
Hwelleng6721/
Wailling6717/
Willingh6710/
Voelling678/
Vellings674/
Völlinck672/
Wheiling671/
Whilling671/
Weegling671/
Willling670/
Beelling670/
Veslling670/
Wuilling670/
Weilenck670/

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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 Wellink
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