Weltje Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Weltje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 56 | 1:301,557 | 35,980 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Weltje (140) may also be a first name.
Weltje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Weltje Come From? nationality or country of origin
Weltje is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Weltje? popularity and diffusion
The surname Weltje is the 2,506,728th most frequently held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 97 percent of Weltje are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Weltje is also the 781,395th most widely held first name internationally. It is borne by 140 people.
Weltje is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 56 people, or 1 in 301,557. In The Netherlands it is most numerous in: North Brabant, where 66 percent live, Gelderland, where 25 percent live and South Holland, where 9 percent live. Not including The Netherlands this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent live and Germany, where 2 percent live.
Weltje Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Weltje has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Weltje
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