Welsley Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Welsley Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Welsley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia171:259,32615,766
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
France11:66,422,722504,397
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England221:1,107,97142,566

Welsley (59) may also be a first name.

Welsley Last Name Facts

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

The last name Welsley occurs more in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Welsley? popularity and diffusion

The surname Welsley is the 3,882,373rd most frequent last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Welsley reside; 65 percent reside in West Africa and 65 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 1,282,666th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 59 people.

The last name Welsley is most prevalent in Liberia, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 259,326. In Liberia Welsley is most numerous in: Maryland County, where 88 percent reside, Montserrado County, where 6 percent reside and Nimba County, where 6 percent reside. Barring Liberia Welsley occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 15 percent reside and The United States, where 8 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
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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 Welsley
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