Welmans Surname

796,486th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 353 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Welmans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Welmans Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2781:194,88421,043
Germany341:2,367,808122,173
Venezuela121:2,517,00628,211
England91:6,190,895170,599
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Welmans Last Name Facts

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

Welmans is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Welmans.

How Common Is The Last Name Welmans? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 796,486th most common surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 20,644,606 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 79 percent of Welmans reside; 79 percent reside in Southern Africa and 79 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is carried by 278 people, or 1 in 194,884. In South Africa Welmans is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 46 percent live, Mpumalanga, where 31 percent live and Western Cape, where 6 percent live. Excluding South Africa it exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 10 percent live and Venezuela, where 3 percent live.

Welmans Last Name Statistics demography

Welmans earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 100.7% more than the national average, earning R 476,940 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wellmans9342/
Wielmans931/
Weilmans930/
Wellmanns88182/
Wehlmanns880/
Belmans862,227/
Wilmans86870/
Velmans86190/
Wilmanns80135/
Willmans8054/
Wylemans8019/
Huelmans801/
Bellmans801/
Wellmams800/
Willmanns7563/
Vellmanns7527/
Wijlemans7519/
Vilmans7127/
Bilmans7116/
Uilmans711/
Belmons711/
Wilmons710/
Willmons670/

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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 Welmans
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