Wellls Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Canada

Wellls Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wellls Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:11,143,612252,590
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Wellls Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wellls is found in England more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wellls? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,360,413th most widely held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. Wellls occurs mostly in Europe, where 56 percent of Wellls are found; 56 percent are found in Northern Europe and 56 percent are found in British Isles.

This surname is most prevalent in England, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 11,143,612. In England it is primarily concentrated in: Dorset, where 100 percent reside. Not including England this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Canada, where 44 percent reside.

Wellls Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wellls has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name expanded 500 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wells91315,346/
Welles833,435/
Weills8377/
Wealls8337/
Wellsh837/
Whells835/
Wellss834/
Wuells833/
Wellse832/
Woells832/
Hwells831/
Waells831/
Weells831/
Wiells831/
Well's831/
Wels802,849/
Wlls801/
Wellesz7737/
Wellsch7722/
Whelles771/
Welsh7382,193/
Wills7369,354/
Bells73849/
Weels73478/
Wiels73478/
Weals73109/
Weyls7382/
Weils7379/
Waels7374/
Welss7366/
Welsz7357/
Weles7356/
Wellz7340/
Woels7338/
Uells7326/
Vells7326/
Welse7312/
Welhs7312/
Wylls732/
Weëls732/
Wlles732/
Wellx731/
Welsp731/
Welsø731/
Wölls731/
Whels730/
Wehls730/
Wellsová712/
Whelless712/
D'Welles711/
Welsch6716,833/
Belles675,731/
Willes671,547/
Willse67213/
Velles67163/
Wheals67154/
Weales67116/
Welese6755/
Wheels6735/
Welshe6732/
Bell's6728/
Huells6722/
Wheelless6719/
Wiehls6713/
Wheles678/
Bellås678/
Wellch677/
Wellez677/
Willss673/
Weiles673/
Wls673/
Waills673/
Wealsh672/
Whills672/
Whelsh672/
Weyles672/
Weless671/
Weslsh671/
Beells671/
Weeles671/
Welsjh671/
Welsse671/
Vellsh671/
Wylles671/
Bellsh671/
Wellce671/
Weilss671/
Wehlse670/
Welssh670/
Billls670/
Weihls670/

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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
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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 Wellls
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