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

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

How popular is Welles?

Welles is common in United States.

Welles is ranked 117162 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Welleses plummeted by 8.414873 per cent to 1404 since 2000 and slipped by 2218 spots and ranked at 19291. The last name was found in around 5 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 88.03 88.26
Black 6.98 7.7
Hispanic or Latino 2.07 1.5
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.5 1.5
Others 1.07 0.65
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.36 0.39
Welles is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Suriname. Around 3441 people have been found who wears Welles as their family name. Welles is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
616,339 India10
486,351 Russia10
5,010 Nicaragua7
10,876 Trinidad and Tobago5
9,391 Guyana5
169 Micronesia3
6,270 Hong Kong3
14,054 China3
723,167 Indonesia2
219,873 France2
19,046 Ireland2
7,895 South Korea1
20,172 Hungary1
153,416 Italy1
537 Liechtenstein1
56,169 Mexico1
2,309 Monaco1
408 Åland1
47,891 Norway1
1,005 The Gambia1
81,201 Switzerland1
77,122 Sweden1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,219 England16
100,009 Australia15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
38,590 Canada83
29,438 Belgium52
Countries with hundreds of Welles:
5,566 Netherlands487
414 Suriname213
6,872 Austria183
59,024 Germany168
69,781 Brazil127
Countries with thousands of Welles:
16,321 United States2,033
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Immigrant Lucy Welles from Great Britain aboard the Northumberland from London during the Irish famine. She is registered to be 26 years old when she arrived in USA on August 12, 1846. William Welles (1 year old), Immigrant Mgt. Welles, are others that migrated to US.

Welles Namesakes

  • Orson Welles, Actor
  • Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington, Duke of Wellington
  • Arthur Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, Duke of Wellington
  • Dorothy Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington, Duchess of Wellington
  • Arthur Wellesley Soames, Politician
  • Sofia Wellesley, Socialite
  • Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, Former Governor-General of India
  • Alyse Wellesley, Actress
  • Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, Former Governor-General of India
  • Lady Charlotte Wellesley, Charles Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington's daughter

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