Weltert Surname

1,727,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 112 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Weltert Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Weltert Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland941:87,3719,726
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
England51:11,143,612252,590
France31:22,140,907385,998
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Weltert Last Name Facts

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

The last name Weltert occurs in Switzerland more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of Weltert click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Weltert? popularity and diffusion

The last name Weltert is the 1,727,723rd most widely held surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 65,067,374 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Weltert reside; 88 percent reside in Western Europe and 85 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most commonly used in Switzerland, where it is carried by 94 people, or 1 in 87,371. In Switzerland Weltert is most frequent in: Canton of Lucerne, where 48 percent live, Canton of Zürich, where 22 percent live and Canton of Aargau, where 12 percent live. Not including Switzerland this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Italy, where 5 percent live and England, where 4 percent live.

Weltert Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Weltert has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Weltert surname declined 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Waltert86363/
Weldert86134/
Woltert8638/
Wiltert861/
Welteroett820/
Walterit801/
Weldhert800/
Waltereit75139/
Walterejt751/
Woldert71183/
Waldert71153/
Walterreit7132/
Bültert7115/
Waltort7111/
Wildert7110/
Walterd714/
Waltrit711/
Walterriet711/
Wiltrot711/
Wiltrut711/
Weltard710/
Weltrod710/
Wiltrout671,107/
Wiltraut6746/
Walterud678/
Waltortt678/
Waltraut677/
Wilatrat676/
Walttort675/
Walderot675/
Willtort671/
Wiltorut671/
Waltreut671/
Walderit671/
Wilatrut671/
Wolter-Otto671/
Viltart57133/
Wiltord57103/
Wiltard570/
Vilteard531/

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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 Weltert
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