Welsly Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Welsly Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Welsly Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia81:551,06725,208
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:2,031,28160,933
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Welsly Last Name Facts

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

The surname Welsly is more commonly found in Liberia than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Welsly? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,391,485th most prevalent surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 62 percent of Welsly live; 62 percent live in West Africa and 62 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.

The last name Welsly is most prevalent in Liberia, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 551,067. In Liberia Welsly is most prevalent in: Maryland County, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Liberia Welsly occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent reside and China, where 8 percent reside.

Welsly Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Welsly has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Welsly last name contracted 90 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Welsley9226/
Wellsly922/
Welslay921/
Wellesly8626/
Wellsley8615/
Welssley860/
Welshley860/
Belsly8383/
Wilsly836/
Welsle831/
Wlesly831/
Wellesley80604/
Belsley77172/
Welchly7718/
Weldsle771/
Wlesley771/
Welsler770/
Wilsley770/
Welshlloyd751/
Welchley715/
Welssler712/
Willsley712/
Wellsler711/
Willesly711/
Belsle673/
Vilsly671/
Welleslee671/
Wellslead670/

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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 Welsly
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