Wellsley Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Wellsley Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wellsley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Wellsley (22) may also be a first name.

Wellsley Last Name Facts

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

Wellsley is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wellsley? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,057,639th most widespread last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 93 percent of Wellsley are found; 93 percent are found in North America and 93 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,301,746th most prevalent first name world-wide It is held by 22 people.

This surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 25,889,924. In The United States it is most frequent in: Texas, where 64 percent are found, Arizona, where 14 percent are found and California, where 7 percent are found. Not including The United States it exists in one country. It also occurs in Australia, where 7 percent are found.

Wellsley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wellsley has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wellsley last name increased 700 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wellsley Last Name Statistics demography

Wellsley earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 19.38% less than the national average, earning $34,788 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
  • 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 Wellsley
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