Welo Surname
Approximately 4,608 people bear this surname
Welo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 3,181 | 1:23,225 | 2,934 |
| Egypt | 366 | 1:251,191 | 17,305 |
| Uganda | 302 | 1:129,269 | 11,983 |
| Ivory Coast | 141 | 1:163,626 | 7,475 |
| Indonesia | 112 | 1:1,180,796 | 83,720 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| United States | 95 | 1:3,815,357 | 209,650 |
| Poland | 95 | 1:400,092 | 42,855 |
| Papua New Guinea | 73 | 1:111,695 | 15,161 |
| Norway | 69 | 1:74,526 | 10,434 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
Welo (1,222) may also be a first name.
Welo Demographics
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Welo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Welo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Welo (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻟﻮ) is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Welo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Welo is the 102,285th most common surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 1,581,499 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Welo live; 69 percent live in Central Africa and 69 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Welo is also the 226,387th most widely held first name worldwide, borne by 1,222 people.
This surname is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 3,181 people, or 1 in 23,225. Excluding The DR Congo it is found in 39 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 8 percent reside and Uganda, where 7 percent reside.
Welo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Welo has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Welo surname expanded 633 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 1,100 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Welo Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Welo surname are 0.62% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 53.85% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Welo earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 1.65% less than the national average, earning 340,378 kr per year and in United States they earn 16.86% less than the national average, earning $35,875 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Welo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Welo in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﻟﻮ | wlw | - |
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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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- 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 Welo
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