Welmers Surname

636,210th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 479 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Welmers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Welmers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands3131:53,9539,259
United States1111:3,265,396186,924
Canada221:1,674,800111,190
Switzerland141:586,63740,624
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
England31:18,572,686338,250
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

Welmers Last Name Facts

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

Welmers is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of Welmers click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Welmers? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 636,210th most prevalent family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 15,214,083 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 70 percent of Welmers reside; 69 percent reside in Western Europe and 69 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 313 people, or 1 in 53,953. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: Gelderland, where 31 percent are found, Overijssel, where 22 percent are found and South Holland, where 12 percent are found. Beside The Netherlands Welmers exists in 9 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 23 percent are found and Canada, where 5 percent are found.

Welmers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Welmers has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Welmers last name expanded 694 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Welmers Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Welmers surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Welmers earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 23.27% more than the national average, earning $53,188 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.12% more than the national average, earning $57,194 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wilmers86824/
Velmers8635/
Belmers863/
Willmers80190/
Wilmaers8051/
Bellmers800/
Wilmars7114/
Wilmarsh6730/
Billmers6719/
Wilmhirst630/
Vilmars573/

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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 Welmers
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