Welos Surname
Approximately 97 people bear this surname
Welos Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 86 | 1:615,600 | 37,853 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Welos (369) may also be a first name.
Welos Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Welos Come From? nationality or country of origin
Welos occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Welos? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,882,912th most frequently used last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 75,129,339 people. The surname Welos is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Welos live; 89 percent live in East Africa and 89 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 452,461st most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 369 people.
The surname is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 86 people, or 1 in 615,600. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Dodoma Region, where 99 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 1 percent live. Outside of Tanzania it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 9 percent live and Indonesia, where 1 percent live.
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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 Welos
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