Wellm Surname
Approximately 199 people bear this surname
Wellm Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 154 | 1:522,763 | 44,015 |
| New Zealand | 33 | 1:137,222 | 16,302 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Wellm Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wellm Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wellm is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wellm? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,189,614th most frequently occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 36,620,834 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 81 percent of Wellm reside; 78 percent reside in Western Europe and 78 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname Wellm is most prevalent in Germany, where it is held by 154 people, or 1 in 522,763. In Germany Wellm is primarily found in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 25 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 19 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 15 percent live. Outside of Germany this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in New Zealand, where 17 percent live and Australia, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woellm | 91 | 20 | / |
| Wellme | 91 | 6 | / |
| Whellm | 91 | 0 | / |
| Welm | 89 | 94 | / |
| Weillem | 83 | 0 | / |
| Bellm | 80 | 859 | / |
| Willm | 80 | 694 | / |
| Woelm | 80 | 227 | / |
| Wöllm | 80 | 29 | / |
| Weelm | 80 | 7 | / |
| Welme | 80 | 7 | / |
| Whelm | 80 | 3 | / |
| Vellm | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wielm | 80 | 1 | / |
| Weslm | 80 | 0 | / |
| Wlm | 75 | 5 | / |
| Voellm | 73 | 105 | / |
| Willme | 73 | 26 | / |
| Wilhlm | 73 | 9 | / |
| Wihllm | 73 | 4 | / |
| Weglim | 73 | 2 | / |
| Willmh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wehelm | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wilm | 67 | 1,996 | / |
| Belm | 67 | 740 | / |
| Wölm | 67 | 484 | / |
| Wlem | 67 | 226 | / |
| Velm | 67 | 122 | / |
| Wuillem | 67 | 11 | / |
| Wlhm | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wjlm | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wålm | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bllm | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wayllem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vwlm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vllm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waillem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uelm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wwlm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whillhm | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Wellm
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