Welsted Surname

1,380,086th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 159 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Welsted Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the well stead,' i.e. the dwelling or homestead by the well. I cannot find the spot. It is clear, however, that it is a West-country name. The variants are somewhat numerous. Wellstod, entered below, shows the way to Wellstood.

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Welsted Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States791:4,588,088240,017
England651:857,20145,134
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England391:625,00931,098
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States301:1,673,95687,330

Welsted Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the well stead,' i.e. the dwelling or homestead by the well. I cannot find the spot. It is clear, however, that it is a West-country name. The variants are somewhat numerous. Wellstod, entered below, shows the way to Wellstood.

1585. Robert Welsted, Somerset: Register of the University of Oxford.

1606. Henry Welsteed, Dorset. ibid.

1608. Married — Henrie Welstod and Katharine Clarke: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1741. Baptised — Richard, s. Richard Wellstead: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

V. Wellste(a)d.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Local: "the place of the well."

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Welsted Last Name Facts

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

Welsted occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Welsted? popularity and diffusion

The surname Welsted is the 1,380,086th most commonly occurring surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 45,833,622 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 54 percent of Welsted reside; 54 percent reside in North America and 54 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 79 people, or 1 in 4,588,088. In The United States Welsted is most numerous in: New York, where 47 percent are found, Florida, where 13 percent are found and Virginia, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 41 percent are found and Australia, where 4 percent are found.

Welsted Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Welsted has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Welsted last name grew 263 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 167 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Welsted Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Welsted last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% being registered to vote for the political party.

Welsted earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 8% less than the national average, earning $39,696 USD per year.

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