Wellls Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Wellls Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Wellls Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wellls Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wellls occurs most in England. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wellls? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,360,413th most commonly held last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 56 percent of Wellls reside; 56 percent reside in Northern Europe and 56 percent reside in British Isles.
The surname is most frequently occurring in England, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 11,143,612. In England Wellls is most numerous in: Dorset, where 100 percent are found. Other than England Wellls occurs in one country. It is also found in Canada, where 44 percent are found.
Wellls Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wellls has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name grew 500 percent between 1881 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 Wellls
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