Welne Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Welne Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Welne (31) may also be a first name.
Welne Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Welne Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Welne occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Welne? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most prevalent family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 88 percent of Welne reside; 88 percent reside in Western Europe and 88 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Welne is also the 1,874,099th most frequent given name in the world. It is borne by 31 people.
The surname Welne is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 11,500,780. In Germany it is most frequent in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 71 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 14 percent reside and Brandenburg, where 14 percent reside. Beside Germany it exists in one country. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent reside.
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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 Welne
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