Welschof Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Welschof Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Welschof Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany281:2,875,195137,699
Austria131:655,03358,041
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Welschof Last Name Facts

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

The surname Welschof is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Welschof.

How Common Is The Last Name Welschof? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,843,861st most prevalent family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. The surname Welschof is predominantly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Welschof reside; 87 percent reside in Western Europe and 87 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name Welschof is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 2,875,195. In Germany Welschof is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 57 percent reside, Hesse, where 21 percent reside and Bavaria, where 11 percent reside. Besides Germany this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 28 percent reside and Norway, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Welschoff94106/
Welschhof947/
Welschhoff8967/
Welchoff8836/
Welshoff8812/
Belschof883/
Belschoff823/
Belshof80122/
Welcoff8011/
Belshoff75201/
Velschow7559/
Velchoff7551/
Huelshof752/
Welchows751/
Voelschow7153/
Velcof7119/
Huelshoff7111/
Welsow7111/
Belsof717/
Wilcof713/
Wilsof711/
Wilschova711/
Wlsoff711/
Velcoff67123/
Velchov6790/
Wellsow6736/
Belsoff6718/
Belshov6716/
Wilcoff6713/
Wilchow6712/
Vlchoff672/
Blshoff672/
Belzhof671/
Hbelsof671/
Velshov671/
Wylcoff671/
Welshaw670/

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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 Welschof
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