Weldon is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Weldon
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Weldon

How popular is Weldon?

Weldon is common in United States.

Weldon is ranked 18448 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Weldon bearers increased by 3.657754 per cent in 2010 US census to 14538 since 2000, the surname slipped by 114 spots and ranked at 2481. The last name was found in around 49 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 80.1 82.47
Black 13.7 13.04
Hispanic or Latino 2.62 1.71
Others 2.31 1.62
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7 0.62
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.57 0.53
Weldon is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 28270 people have been found who wears Weldon as their family name. Weldon is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
9,568 Thailand8
82,942 Zimbabwe8
8,438 China5
14,078 Japan3
127,708 Czech Republic3
5,318 Iraq2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
3,014 Taiwan2
50,640 Switzerland2
13,552 Qatar2
4,104 South Korea2
1,389 Barbados2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
993 Guernsey2
12,844 Pakistan2
2,377 Marshall Islands1
25,721 Egypt1
47,891 Norway1
90,903 Moldova1
7,790 Zambia1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
29,774 Venezuela1
91,024 Belgium1
2,374 Bermuda1
16,228 Bulgaria1
17,236 Ghana1
120,357 Argentina1
153,416 Italy1
6,212 Jamaica1
7,847 Albania1
12,745 Luxembourg1
11,510 Oman1
56,169 Mexico1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
2,613 The Bahamas1
13,447 Uganda1
10,190 Bahrain1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,620 Singapore30
17,489 Denmark30
58,436 Spain30
62,494 Netherlands22
699 Isle of Man21
447,508 India18
355,817 Indonesia15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
93,642 France98
9,394 New Zealand73
Countries with hundreds of Weldon:
2,440 Scotland282
39,199 Philippines258
43,536 Germany235
60,164 Brazil159
2,662 Wales147
Countries with thousands of Weldon:
2,442 Kenya2,354
3,757 England2,011
4,773 South Africa1,370
3,729 Canada1,240
637 Ireland1,146
2,975 Australia1,036
Countries with ten thousands of Weldon:
2,280 United States17,626
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 21 years old Mary Weldon who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on May 8, 1846 by Cambridge put out from Liverpool. John Weldon (28) Immigrant, U Weldon, aged 49, Thomas Weldon, aged 36, 31 years old Martin Weldon, Immigrant Jno. Weldon, Anne Weldon (57) Immigrant, Immigrant Catherine Weldon, 10 years old Anne Weldon, and 75 other Weldon around 50% of whom were workman while others worked as butcher and servant, farmer, mechanic, spinster migrated to US.

Weldon Namesakes

  • Fay Weldon, Author
  • Casey Weldon, Football player
  • Bodie Weldon, Football player
  • Michael Weldon, Politician
  • Charles Wesley Weldon McLean, Canadian Politician
  • Frank Weldon, Songwriter
  • Carys Weldon, Author
  • Casey Weldon, Football player
  • Tony Weldon, Soccer player
  • Curt Weldon, American Politician

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